Vocabulary for PrescriptionChargeExemption
Description:
Default Scheme: NHS Data Dictionary TBA
Assigned OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.2.1.3.2.4.16.33
Describes possible reasons for someone not having to pay prescription charges.
The age exemption category (0002 and 0004) will be calculated by the system based upon the patient’s date of birth contained within the prescription message. Message code 0001 is dependant upon the value entered for me medication payment charge codes (see section 14).
This will generally be present in an Observation act where the code attribute has an id value of “EX” from the Prescription Annotation vocabulary.
Values:
Version: | 02 |
Date: | 04th April 2005 |
Code | Description | Note |
0001 |
Patient has paid appropriate charges |
|
0002 |
is under 16 years of age |
|
0003 |
is 16, 17 or 18 and in full-time education |
|
0004 |
is 60 years of age or over |
|
0005 |
has a valid maternity exemption certificate |
|
0006 |
has a valid medical exemption certificate |
|
0007 |
has a valid prescription pre-payment certificate |
|
0008 |
has a War Pension exemption certificate |
|
0009 |
is named on a current HC2 charges certificate |
|
0010 |
was prescribed free-of-charge contraceptives |
|
0011 |
gets income support (IS) |
|
0012 |
gets income based Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA (IB)) |
|
0013 |
is entitled to, or named on a VALID NHS tax credit exemption certificate |
|
0014 |
has a partner who gets Pension Credit Guarantee Credit (PGCC) |
|
|
0015 |
Patient does not need to pay the prescription charge |
This allows the exemption status to be recorded without actually stating the reason for the exemption. |