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Data inaccuracies
Items
- For correctly identifying the 'THERAPEUTIC_GROUP_PREMIUM' Value in the 'item-dispensing-rule-relationships' endpoint, there is an additional field under the 'items' endpoint that must be used named ‘THERAPEUTIC_EXEMPTION_INDICATOR'. When the 'THERAPEUTIC_EXEMPTION_INDICATOR' field has a value of 'Y' then the 'THERAPEUTIC_GROUP_PREMIUM' is to be ignored and a value of 0 should be applied when being used. The items and item-dispensing-rule-relationships endpoints data can be joined together by the schedule code and li_item_id fields. This applies to the following items:
- Items 5491B and 13861M – Eprosartan for Therapeutic Group Premium
- Items 9714G – amoxicillin; and 9734H – naratriptan for Special Patient Contribution
Endpoints
- Restrictions
- Within the restrictions API endpoint, the SCHEDULE_HTML_TEXT contains incorrect formatting. These fields combine both Schedule and LI text information. For information on how to combine restriction elements refer to the document ‘Restrictions: Piecing together Restrictions fragments’ found in the PBS API Resources section.
- Item dispensing rule relationships
- Within the item-dispensing-rule-relationships API endpoint, the DISPENSE_FEE_TYPE_CODE values are incorrect for all extemporaneous medicines. These are currently appearing with a value of ‘NF’. The correct value for these items should be ‘EP’, as per the data dictionary. The values are correct for ready-prepared and EFC medicines
- Mark-up bands that apply to individual items are not reported on the ‘item-dispensing-rule-relationships’ endpoint. The Department is creating an SQL query to match the text files for this information until this information is included in that endpoint.
- Items
- The Originator_brand_indicator values may be incorrect.
- Summary of changes
- Within the SQL_statement field in the summary-of-changes API endpoint, references to the field PRESCRIBING_TXT_HTML actually display as PRSCRBG_TXT_HTML