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Introduction

This is a revised section to record the source of referral for a non-primary cancer diagnosis pathway.

Non primary cancer pathway – Referral data

This is a revised section to record the source of referral for a non primary cancer diagnosis pathway.

May be up to one occurrence per 'Non Primary Cancer Pathway' (0..1)

Core - Non primary cancer pathway - Referral table
Data Item No	Data Item Name	Format	Schema Specification (M/R/O/P)
CR0300	Source of Referral for Non Primary Cancer Pathway	an2	R
CR7400	Date First Seen - Non Primary Cancer Pathway	an10 ccyy-mm-dd	R
CR7410	Organisation Site Identifier (Provider First Seen - Non Primary Cancer Pathway)	min an5 max an9	R

Source of Referral for Non Primary Cancer Pathway

Non Primary Cancer Pathway only. This identifies the source of referral for a non primary cancer pathway.

Initiated by the ‘Consultant’ responsible for the ‘Consultant Out-Patient Episode’:

Source of Referral for Non Primary Cancer Pathway table
National Code	National Code Definition
01	following an emergency admission
02	following a domiciliary consultation
10	following an emergency care attendance (including minor injuries, walk in centres and urgent treatment centres)
11	other (not listed)

Not initiated by the ‘Consultant’ responsible for the ‘Consultant Out-Patient Episode’:

Source of Referral for Non Primary Cancer Pathway table
National Code	National Code Definition
03	referral from a ‘General Medical Practitioner’
92	referral from a ‘General Dental Practitioner’
12	referral from a General Practitioner with an Extended Role (GPwER) or Dentist with Enhanced Skills (DES)
04	referral from an emergency care department (including minor injuries, walk in Centres and urgent treatment centres)
05	referral from a ‘Consultant’, other than in an emergency care department
06	self-referral
07	referral from a ‘Prosthetist’
13	referral from a ‘Specialist Nurse (Secondary Care)’
14	referral from an ‘Allied Health Professional’
15	referral from an ’Optometrist’
16	referral from an ‘Orthoptist’
17	referral from a ‘National Screening Programme’
93	referral from a ‘Community Dental Service’
97	referral: other (not listed)

Note:

the national code definitions for 10, 11, 12, 04, 05 and 97, have been corrected to meet changes to the data dictionary

Date First Seen - Non Primary Cancer Pathway

This is the date that the patient is first seen by the appropriate specialist for cancer care within a ‘Non Primary Cancer Pathway Care Spell’. This is the person or persons who are most able to progress the diagnosis of the non primary tumour.

Organisation Site Identifier (Provider First Seen - Non Primary Cancer Pathway)

This is the ‘Organisation Identifier’ of the ‘Organisation Site’ where the patient is first seen by an appropriate cancer specialist on the ‘Date First Seen - Non Primary Cancer Pathway’.

Last edited: 16 June 2023 2:36 pm