Elective surgery code NN
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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| METEOR identifier: | 270728 |
| Registration status: | Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
| Definition: | A code set representing types of elective surgery. |
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | NN | |
| Maximum character length: | 2 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 01 | Cardio-thoracic surgery |
| 02 | Ear, nose and throat surgery | |
| 03 | General surgery | |
| 04 | Gynaecology | |
| 05 | Neurosurgery | |
| 06 | Ophthalmology | |
| 07 | Orthopaedic surgery | |
| 08 | Plastic surgery | |
| 09 | Urology | |
| 10 | Vascular surgery | |
| 11 | Other | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | The above classifications are consistent with the Recommended Medical Specialties and Qualifications agreed by the National Specialist Qualification Advisory Committee of Australia, September 1993. Vascular surgery is a subspecialty of general surgery. The Royal Australian College of Surgeons has a training program for vascular surgeons. The specialties listed above refer to the surgical component of these specialties - ear, nose and throat surgery refers to the surgical component of the specialty otolaryngology; gynaecology refers to the gynaecological surgical component of obstetrics and gynaecology; ophthalmology refers to the surgical component of the specialty (patients awaiting argon laser phototherapy are not included). |
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Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Elective surgery code NN Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 |
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| Data elements implementing this value domain: | Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor), code NN Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |