Currencies

Since not all pathways matched activity codes in the SRHAD and GUMCAD reports and some activities could not be uniquely identified by a single code which could trigger double accounting, it was decided that a Currency should only be paid for once in each patient visit and that an allowance should be factored to cover several un-coded activities which may also have been delivered.

Currencies were developed based on the following guidance:

• Currencies should be clinically meaningful
• They should contain similarly priced care pathways
• They should be ‘manageable’ in number