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Health service event—fasting indicator, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Fasting status

METeOR identifier:

302941

Registration status:

Health, Standard 21/09/2005

Definition:

Whether the patient was fasting at the time of an examination, test, investigation or procedure, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:

Health service event—fasting indicator

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Supplementary values:

9	Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

CODE 9 Not stated/ inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Yes: Record if the patient is fasting at the time of an examination, test, investigation or procedure.

CODE 2 No: Record if the patient is not fasting at the time of an examination, test, investigation or procedure.

Comments:

In settings where the monitoring of a person's health is ongoing and where management can change over time (such as general practice), the service contact date should be recorded.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

National Diabetes Data Working Group

Cardiovascular Data Working Group

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Supersedes Health service event—fasting status, code N Health, Superseded 21/09/2005

Is used in the formation of Person—low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level (calculated), total millimoles per litre N[N].N Health, Superseded 01/10/2008

Is used in the formation of Person—low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level (calculated), total millimoles per litre N[N].N Health, Standard 01/10/2008

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 15/02/2006

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 04/07/2007

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 01/09/2012

Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Standard 01/09/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/09/2012

Diabetes (clinical) DSS Health, Standard 21/09/2005