Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Procedure |
METEOR identifier: | 269932 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 28/06/2004 |
Definition: | A clinical intervention represented by a code that:
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Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Episode of admitted patient care—procedure |
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METEOR identifier: | 269450 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/07/2017 |
Definition: | A clinical intervention that:
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Context: | This metadata item gives an indication of the extent to which specialised resources, for example, human resources, theatres and equipment, are used. It also provides an estimate of the numbers of surgical operations performed and the extent to which particular procedures are used to resolve medical problems. It is used for classification of episodes of acute care for admitted patients into Australian refined diagnosis related groups. |
Object class: | Episode of admitted patient care |
Property: | Procedure |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Procedure code (ICD-10-AM 3rd edn) NNNNN-NN |
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METEOR identifier: | 270605 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 28/06/2004 |
Definition: | The ICD-10-AM (3rd edition) code set representing procedures. |
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 3rd edition | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | NNNNN-NN | |
Maximum character length: | 7 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | Record and code all procedures undertaken during the episode of care in accordance with the ICD-10-AM (3rd edition) Australian Coding Standards. Procedures are derived from and must be substantiated by clinical documentation. |
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Comments: | The National Centre for Classification in Health advises the National Health Data Committee of relevant changes to the ICD-10-AM. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | National Centre for Classification in Health National Health Data Committee |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ICD-10-AM 4th edn) NNNNN-NN Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v5.1) ANNA Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v5.1) NN Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Is re-engineered from Procedure, version 5, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (17.7 KB) No registration status |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Admitted patient care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 DSS specific information: As a minimum requirement procedure codes must be valid codes from ICD-10-AM procedure codes and validated against the nationally agreed age and sex edits. More extensive edit checking of codes may be utilised within individual hospitals and state and territory information systems. An unlimited number of diagnosis and procedure codes should be able to be collected in hospital morbidity systems. Where this is not possible, a minimum of 20 codes should be able to be collected. Record all procedures undertaken during an episode of care in accordance with the ICD-10-AM (3rd edition) Australian Coding Standards. The order of codes should be determined using the following hierarchy:
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