Female—hysterectomy indicator, yes/no code N

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Hysterectomy indicator

METeOR identifier:

457775

Registration status:

Health, Standard 07/12/2011

Definition:

An indicator of whether a female person has had a hysterectomy performed, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Boolean

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Yes

A female person has had a hysterectomy performed.

CODE 2 No

A female person has not had a hysterectomy performed.

A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and, sometimes, the cervix.

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2012-14 Health, Standard 07/12/2011
Indigenous, Endorsed 11/09/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2014- Health, Standardisation pending 27/02/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014

Implementation in Indicators: