Vocabulary for PrescriptionChargeExemption

Code System Id

2.16.840.1.113883.2.1.3.2.4.16.33

Version:	2.0
Status:	active
Date:	2005-04-04

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

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.