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Principal diagnosis

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termProperty
METEOR identifier:Help on this term269186
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016
Definition:Help on this termThe diagnosis chiefly responsible for occasioning a service event or episode.
Property group:Help on this termService provision event

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Data Element Concepts implementing this property:Help on this term
Emergency department stay—principal diagnosis
    • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—principal diagnosis
    • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
    • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
    • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012
    • Tasmanian Health, Standard 25/05/2020
Emergency service stay—principal diagnosis
    • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency service stay—principal diagnosis
    • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Episode of care—principal diagnosis
    • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
    • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
    • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 16/03/2016
    • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
    • Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—principal diagnosis
    • Health, Retired 22/12/2011
Patient—principal diagnosis
    • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
    • Health, Standard 07/12/2011
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