NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE

Format / Length

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The value recorded must be the highest level of care given during a Hospital Provider Spell with Neonatal Level Of Care Periods.

NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE is used by the Secondary Uses Service to derive the Healthcare Resource Group 4. Failure to correctly populate this data element is likely to result in an incorrect Healthcare Resource Group, usually associated with lower levels of healthcare resource.

For further information, please refer to the NHS England website at: Payment by Results Guidance.

Not applicable means "stillbirth or the episode of care does not involve a Neonate during all, or part, of the duration of the episode"
Not known means "the episode of care involves a Neonate and is finished but no data has been entered, or the episode involves a Neonate and is unfinished therefore no data needs to be present. This would constitute a validation error only for a finished episode".

Code	Description
0	Normal Care: Care given by the mother or mother substitute with medical and neonatal nursing advice if needed.
1	Special Care: Care given in a special care nursery, transitional care ward or Postnatal ward which provides care and treatment exceeding normal routine care. Some aspects of special care can be undertaken by a mother supervised by qualified nursing staff. Special nursing care includes support and education of the infant's parent(s).
2	Level 2 Intensive Care (High Dependency Intensive Care): Care given in an intensive or special care nursery which provides continuous skilled supervision by qualified and specially trained nursing staff who may care for more babies than in Level 1 Intensive Care. Medical supervision is not so immediate as in Level 1 Intensive Care. Care includes support of the infant's parent(s).
3	Level 1 Intensive Care (Maximal Intensive Care): Care given in an intensive care nursery which provides continuous skilled supervision by qualified and specially trained nursing and medical staff. Such care includes support of the infant's parent(s).

Code	Description
8	Not applicable
9	Not known

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
Plural	NEONATAL LEVELS OF CARE CODES

Type	Link	How used
Data Set	CDS V6-2 Type 120 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Birth Episode CDS	references in description NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE
Data Set	CDS V6-2 Type 130 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished General Episode CDS	references in description NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE
Data Set	CDS V6-2 Type 180 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Birth Episode CDS	references in description NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE
Data Set	CDS V6-2 Type 190 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished General Episode CDS	references in description NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE
Data Set	CDS V6-3 Type 120 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished Birth Episode CDS	references in description NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE
Data Set	CDS V6-3 Type 130 - Admitted Patient Care - Finished General Episode CDS	references in description NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE
Data Set	CDS V6-3 Type 180 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished Birth Episode CDS	references in description NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE
Data Set	CDS V6-3 Type 190 - Admitted Patient Care - Unfinished General Episode CDS	references in description NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE
Data Element	NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE	references in description NEONATAL LEVEL OF CARE CODE