Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems - Release 1.0 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997, 274 p.): SECTION 2 - FACILITY AND PRACTITIONER IDENTIFICATION DATA: 2.12 ED CONSULTANT PRACTITIONER TYPE

Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems - Release 1.0 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997, 274 p.)

SECTION 2 - FACILITY AND PRACTITIONER IDENTIFICATION DATA

		2.01 ED FACILITY ID
		2.02 PRIMARY PRACTITIONER NAME
		2.03 PRIMARY PRACTITIONER ID
		2.04 PRIMARY PRACTITIONER TYPE
		2.05 PRIMARY PRACTITIONER ADDRESS
		2.06 PRIMARY PRACTITIONER TELEPHONE NUMBER
		2.07 PRIMARY PRACTITIONER ORGANIZATION
		2.08 ED PRACTITIONER ID
		2.09 ED PRACTITIONER TYPE
		2.10 ED PRACTITIONER CURRENT ROLE
		2.11 ED CONSULTANT PRACTITIONER ID
		2.12 ED CONSULTANT PRACTITIONER TYPE
		2.13 DATE/TIME ED CONSULT REQUEST INITIATED
		2.14 DATE/TIME ED CONSULT STARTS

2.12 ED CONSULTANT PRACTITIONER TYPE

PART OF THE ED CONSULTANT GROUP (2.11 - 2.14)

Definition

ED consultant’s profession or occupation and specialty or subspecialty.

Uses

Identification of the ED consultant type is needed for direct patient care, continuity of care, quality-of-care monitoring, health care administration, reimbursement, and research.

Discussion

The Insurance Subcommittee of the Accredited Standards Committee X12 is developing a provider taxonomy in conjunction with the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) implementation of the National Provider System (Accredited Standards Committee X12, 1997). The taxonomy classifies practitioners by their occupation or service group and their specialty. The taxonomy permits further specification within specialties, such as subspecialty or age focus (e.g., adolescents). Until the taxonomy is implemented, a local system may be used to encode practitioner type.

Data Type (and Field Length)

CE - coded element (60).

Repetition

Yes; if more than one practitioner is consulted during a patient’s ED visit, this data element repeats with the ED Consultant Group.

Field Values

Component 1 is the code indicating the practitioner type.
Component 2 is the practitioner type descriptor.
Component 3 is the coding system identifier.
Components 4 - 6 can be used for an alternate code, descriptor, and coding system identifier.

Example:

Component 1 = 203BS0127N
Component 2 = Trauma surgeon
Component 3 = X12

When no coding system exists, enter data in the following manner:

Component 1 = " "
Component 2 = Trauma surgeon

If the practitioner type is unknown, enter data in the following manner:

Component 1 = Unknown

Data Standards or Guidelines

None.

Other References

Accredited Standards Committee X12 Provider Taxonomy, Version 2.0 (ASC X12, 1997).