Impairment extent code (ICF 2001) N
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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Synonymous names: | Impairment extent |
METEOR identifier: | 324803 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 16/10/2006 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 29/11/2006 |
Definition: | A code set representing the degree of impairment in a specified body function or body structure from the Body Functions and Structures component of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF 2001). |
Context: | Human functioning and disability. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This metadata item contributes to the definition of the concept 'Disability' and gives an indication of the experience of disability for a person. Impairments of body structure or body function are problems in body structure or function such as a loss or significant departure from population standards or averages. CODE 0 No impairment Used when there is no significant variation from accepted population standards in the biomedical status of the body structure or its functions [0-4%]. CODE 1 Mild impairment Used when there is a slight or low variation from accepted population standards in the biomedical status of the body structure or its functions [5-24%]. CODE 2 Moderate impairment Used when there is a medium (significant but not severe) variation from accepted population standards in the biomedical status of the body structure or its functions [25-49%]. CODE 3 Severe impairment Used when there is an extreme variation from accepted population standards in the biomedical status of the body structure or its functions [50-95%]. CODE 4 Complete impairment Used when there is a total variation from accepted population standards in the biomedical status of the body structure or its functions [96-100%]. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications. |
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Origin: | World Health Organization (WHO) 2001. ICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva: WHO Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2003. ICF Australian User Guide Version 1.0. Canberra: AIHW |
Reference documents: | Further information on the ICF including more detailed codes, can be found in the ICF itself and the ICF Australian User Guide (AIHW 2003), at the following websites:
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Impairment extent code (ICF 2001) N Community Services (retired), Superseded 16/10/2006 |
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Data elements implementing this value domain: | Person—extent of impairment of body function, code (ICF 2001) N Community Services (retired), Standard 16/10/2006 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 29/11/2006 Person—extent of impairment of body structure, code (ICF 2001) N Community Services (retired), Standard 16/10/2006 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 29/11/2006 |
Classification scheme attributes | |
Classification scheme: | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health 2001 |
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Synonymous names: | |
METEOR identifier: | 270548 |
Definition: | The World Health Organization's (WHO) system for classifying functioning, disability and health. |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/12/2004 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 23/02/2005 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2001 and is a reference member of the WHO Family of International Classifications and of the Australian Family of Health and Related Classifications (endorsed by the National Health Information Management Group in 2002). |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | World Health Organization (WHO) 2001. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva: WHO |
Reference documents: | Further information on the ICF can be found in the ICF itself and the ICF Australian User Guide Version 1.0 (AIHW 2003), at the following websites:
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