Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Surgical specialty |
METEOR identifier: | 270146 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Definition: | The area of clinical expertise held by the doctor who will perform the elective surgery, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor) |
Value Domain: | Elective surgery code NN |