Person—beta-blocker therapy status, code NN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Beta-blocker therapy status
METEOR identifier:	284802
Registration status:	Health, Standard 04/06/2004
Definition:	The person's beta-blocker therapy status, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—beta-blocker therapy status

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
10	Given
21	Not given - patient refusal
22	Not given - allergy or history of intolerance
23	Not given - bradycardia (heart rate less than 50 beats per minute)
24	Not given - symptomatic acute heart failure
25	Not given - systolic blood pressure of less than 90 mmHg
26	Not given - PR interval greater than 0.24 seconds
27	Not given - second and third degree heart block or bifascicular heart block
28	Not given - asthma/airways hyper-reactivity
29	Not given - other

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
90	Not stated/inadequately described

Guide for use:

CODES 15 - 29 Not given

If recording `Not given', record the principal reason if more than one code applies.

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Submitting organisation:

Acute coronary syndrome data working group

Steward:

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* For Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) reporting, can be collected at any time point during the management of the current event (i.e. at the time of triage, at times during the admission, or at the time of discharge).

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* For Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) reporting, can be collected at any time point during the management of the current event (i.e. at the time of triage, at times during the admission, or at the time of discharge).