PUC OP Rule

The Purchase Unit Data Dictionary contains all Purchase Units for counting and contracting for health services in New Zealand.

A Purchase Unit is part of a classification system used to measure, quantify and value a service.

All Activity in can be mapped to a Purchase Unit Code (PUC). This screen maps the outpatient visits and patient encounters to the correct PUC.

Feeder Keys are generated by Activity loaded into . Mapping the Feeder Keys to PUCs maps the Activity to the PUC.

Outpatient Activity Feeder Keys are shown in this screen so they can be mapped correctly based on Business Rules used to populate it. Further Business Rules are then called as part of the load process to derive contracts based on this mapping.

Fields

	Populated by the type of Activity that generated the Feeder Key (ignore)
	The combination of acronyms that outlines what the Activity was
	The Purchase Unit Code (PUC) that the Activity will be mapped to. See the Purchase Unit Data Dictionary for PUCs
	The description of the PUC from the Purchase Unit Data Dictionary
	Volume is Counted or Not Counted
	The type of Activity that generated the Feeder Key e.g. Client, OP (outpatient visit), Contact (encounter) etc
	Create a note to alert or remind the user of information

Actions

When new Feeder Keys are generated, this screen maps them to the correct PUC for their Activity. You can also edit existing mappings by clicking and filling in the fields. Save your changes.

New mappings can be added by clicking , filling in the fields and saving the changes.

The below image shows editing a current mapping and then clicking the to create a new one.