New Zealand NHI IG
1.6.1 - Release

New Zealand NHI IG - Local Development build (v1.6.1) built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) Build Tools. See the Directory of published versions

Glossary

Birthdate definitions

  • Registered birthdate Status Definition
    • A Registered birthdate is a date of birth which has been verified by a Government Agency
    • This is a source of:
      • BREG - This code is added only after verification via MOH/DIA birth register matching
  • Verified birthdate Status Definition
    • A Verified birthdate is a birthdate for which acceptable documentary evidence has been sighted by the person recording the birthdate
    • This would be birthdate with source which is one of:
      • BRCT - Birth Certificate,
      • NZCI - NZ Certificate of Identity,
      • NZCT - NZ Citizenship Certificate,
      • NZET - NZ Emergency Travel Document,
      • NZPV - NZ Permanent Resident Visa A New Zealand Permanent Resident Visa (not time bound) issued by Immigration New Zealand,
      • NZTV - NZ Resident Visa A New Zealand Resident Visa (time bound) issued by Immigration New Zealand,
      • NZRT - NZ Refugee Travel Document,
      • PPRT - Passport
      • NZDL - NZ Driver Licence
  • Unverified birthdate Status Definition
    • A Unverified birthdate is a birthdate for which either no proof, or unacceptable documentary evidence, has been sighted by the person recording the birthdate
    • This would be a. source is one of:
      • NPRF - No Proof Information provided (no proof) by patient/whanau,
      • OTHR - Other official document
      • HL7 - Data has been applied via HL7 message
      • MIGR - From the legacy NHI System with no known external source
  • Partial DOB Definition
    • When assessing data against rules, a partial date of birth will be interpreted as follows:
      • YYYYMM - the first day of the specified month in the year of birth (e.g July 2010 is interpreted as 1 July 2010);
      • YYYY - 1 January in the specified year of Birth (e.g. 2010 is interpreted as 1 January 2010)"

Birthplace definitions

  • Registered birthplace definition
    • A Registered birthplace is either a place of birth and country of birth, or a country of birth only, which has been verified by a Government Agency
    • This would be a source of BREG - Has been confirmed with a match to the Birth Register
  • Verified birthplace definition
    • A Verified birthplace is either a place of birth and country of birth, or a country of birth only, for which acceptable documentary evidence has been sighted by the person recording the birthplace
    • This would be a source of:
      • BRCT - Birth Certificate,
      • NZCI - NZ Certificate of Identity,
      • NZCT - NZ Citizenship Certificate,
      • NZET - NZ Emergency Travel Document,
      • NZPV - NZ Permanent Resident Visa A New Zealand Permanent Resident Visa (not time bound) issued by Immigration New Zealand,
      • NZTV - NZ Resident Visa A New Zealand Resident Visa (time bound) issued by Immigration New Zealand,
      • NZRT - NZ Refugee Travel Document,
      • PPRT - Passport
  • Unverified birthplace definition
    • An Unverified Country of Birth is either a place and country of birth, or a country of birth only, for which either no proof, or unacceptable documentary evidence, has been sighted by the person recording the birthplace

NZ Citizenship definitions

  • Registered NZ Citizenship Status Definition
    • A Registered NZ Citizenship status is a patient who holds NZ Citizenship and the citizenship status has been verified by a Government Agency.
    • This has only been available sinse 2013
    • This is a source of:
      • DIA - DIA data share - The code is added only after DHB or MOH/DIA data matching
  • Verified NZ Citizenship Status Definition
    • A Verified NZ Citizenship Status is a patient who holds NZ Citizenship for which acceptable documentary evidence has been sighted by the person recording the NZ Citizenship status
    • This is a source of:
      • PPRT - Passport,
      • NZCT - NZ Citizenship Certificate,
      • BRCT - BRCT - Birth Certificate
  • Unverified NZ Citizenship Status Definition
    • A Unverified NZ Citizenship status is a patient who states they hold NZ Citizenship, for which either no proof, or unacceptable documentary evidence, has been sighted by the person recording the NZ Citizenship status
    • This is a source of
      • NPRF - Proof not Sighted
  • Derived NZ Citizenship status Definition
    • A Derived NZ Citizenship Status is a patient who was born in New Zealand prior to 1 January 2006
  • Non Citizen NZ Citizenship status Definition
    • A Non Citizen NZ Citizenship status is a patient who states they do not hold NZ citizenship, with or without documentary evidence
  • Unknown NZ Citizenship Status Definition
    • An Unknown NZ Citizenship status is a patient who is unable or unwilling to provide any information about their NZ Citizenship status

Birthplace definitions

  • Registered birthplace definition
    • A Registered birthplace is either a place of birth and country of birth, or a country of birth only, which has been verified by a Government Agency
    • This would be a source of:
      • BREG - Has been confirmed with a match to the Birth Register
  • Verified birthplace definition
    • A Verified birthplace is either a place of birth and country of birth, or a country of birth only, for which acceptable documentary evidence has been sighted by the person recording the birthplace
    • This would be a source of:
      • BRCT - Birth Certificate,
      • NZCI - NZ Certificate of Identity,
      • NZCT - NZ Citizenship Certificate,
      • NZET - NZ Emergency Travel Document,
      • NZPV - NZ Permanent Resident Visa A New Zealand Permanent Resident Visa (not time bound) issued by Immigration New Zealand,
      • NZTV - NZ Resident Visa A New Zealand Resident Visa (time bound) issued by Immigration New Zealand,
      • NZRT - NZ Refugee Travel Document,
      • PPRT - Passport
  • Unverified birthplace definition
    • An Unverified Country of Birth is either a place and country of birth, or a country of birth only, for which either no proof, or unacceptable documentary evidence, has been sighted by the person recording the birthplace
    • This would be a source of:
      • NPRF - No Proof Information provided (no proof) by patient/whanau,
      • OTHR - Other official document

Deceased date definitions

  • Registered Deceased date Status Definition
    • A Registered deceased date is a Deceased date which has been verified by a Government Agency
    • This would be a source of:
      • DREG - Has been confirmed with a match to the Death Register
  • Verified Deceased date status Definition
    • A verified deceased date is a deceased date for a death taking place in New Zealand for which acceptable documentary evidence has been sighted, or for an overseas death that has been notified by an official overseas source
    • This would be a source of:
      • MCCOD - Medical Certificate Cause of Death
      • CORONER - Coroner Notification
      • OSEAOFF - Death Overseas Official
  • Unverifiable Deceased date status Definition
    • An unverifiable deceased date is a deceased date for a death that has been notified by a non official source or that has taken place outside New Zealand, which will not appear on the death register
    • This would be a source of:
      • OSEA - Overseas (i.e. has been notified by a third party),
      • NPRF - No Proof Information provided (no proof) by patient/whanau,
      • HL7 - Data has been applied via HL7 message
      • MIGR - From the legacy NHI System with no known external source
  • Partial DOD Definition
    • When assessing data against rules, a partial date of death will be interpreted as follows:
      • YYYYMM - the last day of the specified month in the year of death (e.g. July 2010 is interpreted as 31 July 2010);
      • YYYY - 31 December in the specified year of death (e.g. 2010 is interpreted as 31 December 2010)"

Ethnicity Definition

  • Acceptable Ethnicity information Definition
    • A valid set of Ethnicity information:
      • contains at least one, and up to 6, detailed (level four) ethnic groups, AND
      • each code appears only once in the set (i.e. no duplicate values), AND
      • contains a maximum of one residual code (9xxxx), AND
      • does not contain code 96666 (repeated value), AND
      • does not contain code 98888 (response out of scope)"

Identity Definitions

  • Identity Confusion Definition
    • Identity confusion occurs when:
      • The identity information held for one patient is so similar to another patient, that the records may belong to the same patient OR
      • The identity information held for a given patient is modified in such a way that the old and new identity information could belong to different patients

Name Definitions

  • Duplicate Name Definition
    • A Name is a duplicate name for a given NHI number if the 'Given Name', 'Other Given Names', and 'Family Name' match the values for an existing name for that NHI.
    • Concatenated names are included as duplicates.
    • Duplicates are case sensitive (mark Fraser and Mark Fraser are not considered duplicates).
  • Registered Name Definition
    • A Registered Name is a name which has been verified by a Government Agency
    • This is a source of BREG - Has been confirmed with a match to the Birth Register
  • Verified Name Definition
    • A Verified Name is a name for which acceptable documentary evidence has been sighted by the person recording the name
    • This is a Name Source of:
      • BRCT - Birth Certificate,
      • NZCI - NZ Certificate of Identity,
      • NZCT - NZ Citizenship Certificate,
      • NZET - NZ Emergency Travel Document,
      • NZPV - NZ Permanent Resident Visa (A New Zealand Permanent Resident Visa (not time bound) issued by Immigration New Zealand),
      • NZTV - NZ Resident Visa (A New Zealand Resident Visa (time bound) issued by Immigration New Zealand),
      • NZRT - NZ Refugee Travel Document,
      • PPRT - Passport
      • NZMC - NZ Marriage Certificate
      • NZCU - NZ Civil Union Certificate
      • NZNC - NZ Name Change Certificate or Deed Poll
      • NZDL - NZ Driver Licence
      • CSC - Community Services Card
  • Unverified Name Definition
    • A Unverified Name is a name for which either no proof, or unacceptable documentary evidence, has been sighted by the person recording the name
    • This is a name source of:
      • NPRF - No Proof Information provided (no proof) by patient/whanau,
      • OTHR - Other official document
  • Partial Name Definition
    • A Partial Name is a name which:
      • contains only one of: {Given Name; Family Name}, AND
      • is not Verified AND
      • is not Registered
  • Legacy Name Definition
  • A Legacy Name is a name for which the most recent update:was requested via a Legacy HL7 request, OR was the automated database migration process from the Legacy NHI database to the IBM Initiate NHI database