Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Colonoscope depth |
METEOR identifier: | 530159 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 29/08/2014 |
Definition: | The depth to which a colonoscope was inserted into the patient as part of a colonoscopy, as represented as a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Patient—colonoscope depth |
Value Domain: | Anatomical site within the colon code XX[XX] |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Colonoscopic procedures should aim to visualise the complete colon. A complete colonoscopy is noted if the proceduralist has recorded the depth of insertion as reaching the caecum (considered to be the start of the colon). |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Patient—cancer diagnostic assessment type, bowel cancer code N Health, Standard 29/08/2014 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Bowel cancer diagnostic assessment cluster Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Conditional obligation: Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Colonoscopy' to the Person—cancer diagnostic assessment type, bowel cancer code N data element. Bowel cancer diagnostic assessment cluster Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Conditional obligation: Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Colonoscopy' to the Person—cancer diagnostic assessment type, bowel cancer code N data element. Bowel cancer diagnostic assessment cluster Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Conditional obligation: Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Colonoscopy' to the Person—cancer diagnostic assessment type, bowel cancer code N data element. Bowel cancer diagnostic assessment cluster Health, Standard 17/12/2021 Conditional obligation: Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Colonoscopy' to the Person—cancer diagnostic assessment type, bowel cancer code N data element. |