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HES Data Dictionary
| HES field name | Postcode district of patient's residence | ||||
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| Field | postdist | ||||
| Class | Patient | ||||
| Length and format | 4an | ||||
| Availability | |||||
| Description | |||||
| Contains the outward portion of the patient's postcode (ie all characters to the left of the space). The code ZZ99 indicates the postcode was either unavailable, or that the patient did not have one (eg because they were normally resident abroad). | |||||
| Value | |||||
aann = Postcode district ZZ99 = Unavailable / not applicable |
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