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Number of distinct individuals in the dataset

HDR UK

AGEM Derived: Internal field to identify individual data loads.

AuditId

AGEM Derived: Internal processing data item used to allocate / disseminate activity to clients.

CustomerAll

AGEM Derived: For data to be used by SLAM analysts  derived as the combined financial year month date (in number format) of the activity based on the DidDate3 date.

Der_Activity_Month

AGEM Derived: Calculated using the patient&#039;s date of birth and the DidDate3 date.

Der_Age_at_Date_of_Test

AGEM Derived: Derived financial month value calculated using DidDate3

Der_Financial_Month

AGEM Derived: Derived financial year value calculated using DidDate3.

Der_Financial_Year

DerRfaRecipientAll

Provider Submitted: The date as submitted that the referrer made the referral request.

DidDate1

Provider Submitted: The date as submitted that the diagnostic provider received the referral request.

DidDate2

Provider Submitted: The date as submitted that the diagnostic test took place.

DidDate3

Provider Submitted: The date as submitted that the diagnostic provider issues the test report.

DidDate4

Provider Submitted: Ethnic Category classification as used for the 2001 census.

DidEthcat

Provider Submitted: The gender of a person. Person Gender Code is self declared or inferred by observation for those unable to declare their Person Stated Gender.

DidGenderCode

Provider Submitted: Code taken from submitted NHS Number Status field.

DidNhsnumStat

Provider Submitted: Provides National Interim Clinical Imaging Procedure Code as submitted. Details of codes can be found through NHS TRUD (https://isd.digital.nhs.uk/trud)

DidNicipCode

Provider Submitted: Categorises the type of department or organisation making the referral for imaging activity.

DidPatsourceCode

Provider Submitted: Returns the submitted Referrer Organisation code of the organisation from which the referral is made  such as a GP practice or NHS Trust. In many cases the referring organisation will be the actual trust itself. If it is an NHS trust that is referring the patient the code must be 3 alpha-numeric characters. If it is a GP practice a 6 alpha-numeric character code would be expected.

DidReferOrgcode

Provider Submitted: Code of the patients Registered General Medical Practice.

DidReggpPraccode

Provider Submitted: Provides Imaging Code (SNOMED-CT) as submitted. Details of codes can be found through NHS TRUD (https://isd.digital.nhs.uk/trud).

DidSnomedctCode

IcCancerDesc

NHSE Derived: Returns the CCG code of the referring organisation  derived from the submitted field General Medical Practice Code (Patient Registration).

IcCcgcode

NHSE Derived: Descriptive field (based on the CCG Code) returning the CCG title  derived from the submitted field General Medical Practice Code (Patient Registration).

IcCcgname

NHSE Derived: Number of days between Diagnostic Test Date and Service Report Issue Date for all records that fall into defined dimensions.

IcDate1ToDate2

NHSE Derived: Number of days between Diagnostic Test Request Date and Diagnostic Test Date for all records that fall into defined dimensions.

IcDate1ToDate3

NHSE Derived: Number of days between Diagnostic Test Request Date and Diagnostic Test Request Received Date for all records that fall into defined dimensions.

IcDate1ToDate4

NHSE Derived: Number of days between Diagnostic Test Request Date and Service Report Issue Date for all records that fall into defined dimensions.

IcDate2ToDate3

NHSE Derived: Number of days between Diagnostic Test Request Received Date and Diagnostic Test Date for all records that fall into defined dimensions.

IcDate2ToDate4

NHSE Derived: Number of days between Diagnostic Test Request Received Date and Service Report Issue Date for all records that fall into defined dimensions.

IcDate3ToDate4

NHSE Derived: Descriptive field  based on submitted Ethnic Category.

IcEthcatDesc

NHSE Derived: Descriptive classification of imaging on fetal body structures  based on Fetal ID categorisation of submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes.

IcFetalDesc

NHSE Derived: Based on submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes and represented by an ID number  Fetal ID provides categorisation of imaging on fetal body structures as identified by Clinical Terminologists at NHS England.

IcFetalId

NHSE Derived: Descriptive field  based on submitted Gender Code.

IcGenderDesc

NHSE Derived: Contains Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) code  derived from submitted field Postcode of Patient Usual Address.

IcLsoa

NHSE Derived: Based on Modality categories derived from submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes.

IcModalityDesc

NHSE Derived: Broad categories represented by an ID  grouping procedures or methods used for examination that may include procedures assisted by the method  e.g. biopsy or injection. These categories are derived from submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes.

IcModalityId

NHSE Derived: Descriptive categorisation of imaging by morphology  based on Morphology ID categorisation of submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes.

IcMorphDesc

NHSE Derived: Based on submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes and represented by an ID number  Morphology ID provides categorisation of imaging conducted on morphologic abnormalities (alterations of the body structure from its original anatomical structure).

IcMorphologyId

NHSE Derived: Contains Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) code  derived from submitted field Postcode of Patient Usual Address.

IcMsoa

NHSE Derived: Derived description based on NHS Number Status.

IcNhsnumStatDesc

NHSE Derived: Flag derived from NHS Number field indicating if NHS Number was present in record.

IcNhsnumSupp

NHSE Derived: Based on submitted field Imaging Code (NICIP)  returning text description of NICIP Code

IcNicipDesc

NHSE Derived: Descriptive field  taken from submitted Patient Source Setting code.

IcPatsourceDesc

NHSE Derived: The organisation code according to the patients postcode of usual address  where they reside within the boundary of a primary care trust (PCT).

IcPctcode

NHSE Derived: Descriptive field  returning the name of the primary care trust  based on PCT code

IcPctname

NHSE Derived: Descriptive field  returning the name of Providing Organisation  based on Provider Code which is derived from submitted field Site Code (of imaging).

IcProvname

NHSE Derived: Returns code of Providing Organisation  derived from submitted field Site Code (of imaging).

IcProvOrgcode

NHSE Derived: Code representing the Strategic Health Authority with which the provider organisation is associated  as mapped to from submitted field Site Code (of imaging).

IcProvShacode

NHSE Derived: Descriptive field  based on the Provider SHA code  which returns the name of the Strategic Health Authority with which the provider organisation is associated  as mapped from the submitted field Site Code (of imaging).

IcProvShaname

NHSE Derived: Returns the submitted Referrer Organisation code of the organisation from which the referral is made  such as a GP practice or NHS Trust. If it is an NHS trust that is referring the patient the code must be 3 alpha-numeric characters. If it is a GP practice a 6 alpha-numeric character code would be expected.

IcReferOrgname

NHSE Derived: Referrer type is derived from submitted field Referrer Code and converted into categories: GP  Consultant  Nurse  Physio  Other health professional  Not known

IcReftypeDesc

NHSE Derived: Descriptive field  returning GP Practice Name and based on the submitted field General Medical Practice code.

IcReggpPracname

NHSE Derived: Based on Region categories derived from submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes.

IcRegionDesc

NHSE Derived: Broad categories represented by an ID categorising submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT by body region.

IcRegionId

NHSE Derived: Submitted field Site Code (of imaging) returning the site code of the organisation at which the imaging took place.

IcSitecode

NHSE Derived: Descriptive field  based on submission of Site Code (of imaging)  which returns the site name at which the imaging took place.

IcSitename

NHSE Derived: Based on submitted field Imaging Code (SNOMED-CT)  returning text description of SNOMED-CT Code

IcSnomedctDesc

NHSE Derived: Descriptive sub-division of each identified cancer category. The following categories have been identified by clinicians. (Note many of the tests also have wider clinical uses. Within this data it is not possible to distinguish between the different uses of these tests).

IcSubCancerDesc

NHSE Derived: The organisation code of the organisation that submitted the record of the imaging event to DID  taken from Submitter Code attached to each record

IcSubmitOrgcode

NHSE Derived: Descriptive field  based on the Organisation Code  which returns the organisation name which submitted the associated imaging event record to DID.

IcSubmitOrgname

NHSE Derived: Based on submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes and including all procedure codes for each sub modality category.

IcSubModalityDesc

NHSE Derived: Narrower categories represented by an ID  grouping procedures or methods used for examination that may include procedures assisted by the method  e.g. biopsy or injection  which are encompassed within each modality category. These categories are derived from submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes.

IcSubModalityId

NHSE Derived: Narrower categories represented by an ID categorising submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT to provide a more complete categorisation of imaging by body sub region.

IcSubRegionDesc

NHSE Derived: Based on Sub Region ID categories derived from submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes. They provide a more complete descriptive categorisation of imaging.

IcSubRegionId

NHSE Derived: Descriptive categorisation of imaging by body sub-system components  based on Sub-System Component categories derived from submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes.

IcSubSyscompDesc

NHSE Derived: Further sub-classification within System and Sub-system categorisation of submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes by body structure or system groups.

IcSubSyscompId

NHSE Derived: Descriptive categorisation of imaging by body subsystem  based on Sub-system ID categories derived from submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes.

IcSubSysDesc

NHSE Derived: Sub-classification within System categorisation of submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes to provide a more complete categorisation by imaging by body subsystem.

IcSubSysId

NHSE Derived: Descriptive categorisation of imaging by Systems categories derived from submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT codes.

IcSystemDesc

NHSE Derived: Broad categories represented by an ID categorising submitted NICIP or SNOMED-CT by body structure or system groups as identified by Clinical Terminologists at NHS England.

IcSystemId

AGEM Derived: This is the customer specific pseudo NHS Number. This can be named slightly different depending on customer. If no NHS Number is present or the NHS Number is invalid then this data item will be empty.

Pseudo_NHS_Number (or client equivalent)

AGEM Derived: A unique ID which identifies each flowed record.

StoreID

Provider Submitted: Internally added submission data identifier

Submissiondataid

NW_DME.DIDS.DIDS

The Diagnostic Imaging Dataset (DIDS) is a central collection of detailed information about diagnostic imaging tests carried out on NHS patients, extracted from local Radiology Information Systems (RISs) and submitted monthly.

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