Person—diabetes therapy type, code NN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Diabetes therapy type |
| METEOR identifier: | 270236 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
| Definition: | The type of diabetes therapy the person is currently receiving, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—diabetes therapy type |
| Value Domain: | Diabetes therapy code NN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | NN | |
| Maximum character length: | 2 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 01 | Diet and exercise only |
| 02 | Oral hypoglycaemic - sulphonylurea only | |
| 03 | Oral hypoglycaemic - biguanide (eg metformin) only | |
| 04 | Oral hypoglycaemic - alpha-glucosidase inhibitor only | |
| 05 | Oral hypoglycaemic - thiazolidinedione only | |
| 06 | Oral hypoglycaemic - meglitinide only | |
| 07 | Oral hypoglycaemic - combination (eg biguanide & sulphonylurea) | |
| 08 | Oral hypoglycaemic - other | |
| 09 | Insulin only | |
| 10 | Insulin plus oral hypoglycaemic | |
| 98 | Nil - not currently receiving diabetes treatment | |
| Supplementary values: | 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | CODE 01 Diet & exercise only This code includes the options of generalised prescribed diet; avoid added sugar/simple carbohydrates (CHOs); low joule diet; portion exchange diet and uses glycaemic index and a recommendation for increased exercise. CODE 98 Nil - not currently receiving diabetes treatment This code is used when there is no current diet, tablets or insulin therapy(ies). CODE 99 Not stated/inadequately described Use this code when missing information. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Collection methods: | To be collected at the commencement of treatment and at each review. |
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| 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—service contact date, DDMMYYYY should be recorded. The main use of this data element is to enable categorisation of management regimes against best practice for diabetes. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | National Diabetes Data Working Group Cardiovascular Data Working Group |
| Reference documents: | Berkow R, editor. The Merck Manual. 16th ed. Rahway (New Jersey, USA): Merck Research Laboratories; 1992. |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Is re-engineered from  Diabetes therapy type, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (19.1 KB)No registration status See also Female—type of diabetes mellitus therapy during pregnancy, code N Health, Superseded 09/09/2022 See also Female—type of diabetes mellitus therapy during pregnancy, code N Health, Superseded 20/11/2019 See also Female—type of diabetes mellitus therapy during pregnancy, code N Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 See also Female—type of diabetes mellitus therapy during pregnancy, code N Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 See also Female—type of diabetes mellitus therapy during pregnancy, code N Health, Standard 09/09/2022 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 01/09/2012 Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 02/05/2013 Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) NBPDS 2013- Health, Standard 02/05/2013 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) NBPDS Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 17/10/2018 |