Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Property |
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METEOR identifier: | 695207 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 06/09/2018 |
Definition: | A count of colorectal polyps found in an individual. A colorectal polyp is a small growth of colon tissue that protrudes into the colonic or rectal lumen. It is usually asymptomatic, but sometimes it causes visible rectal bleeding, and, rarely, other symptoms. |
Property group: | Illness and/or Injury event |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Number of colorectal polyps found Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 |
Data Element Concepts implementing this property: | Patient—number of colorectal polyps found Health, Standard 06/09/2018 |