Person—referral to ophthalmologist indicator (last 12 months), code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Health, Standard 21/09/2005

Data element concept attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Health, Standard 21/09/2005

Public health, health care and clinical settings:

Diabetes mellitus specific data element.

Source and reference attributes

Value domain attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

• ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
• Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
• Community Services (retired), Standard 14/02/2006
• Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
• Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
• Health, Standard 21/09/2005
• Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010
• Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006
• Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
• Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

CODE 9    Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

CODE 1   Yes
Record if the individual was referred to an ophthalmologist during the last 12 months.

CODE 2   No
Record if the individual was not referred to an ophthalmologist during the last 12 months.

Ask the individual if he/she was referred to an ophthalmologist during the last 12 months. Alternatively, obtain this information from appropriate documentation.

Source and reference attributes

National diabetes data working group

National Diabetes Outcomes Quality Review Initiative (NDOQRIN) data dictionary

Diabetes Control and Complications Trial: DCCT New England Journal of Medicine, 329(14), September 30, 1993.

Relational attributes