Medication type (ATC/DDD) code A[{NN}AA{NN}]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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| METEOR identifier: | 365463 |
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| Definition: | The Anatomical, Therapeutic, Chemical Classification System with Defined Daily Doses (ATC/DDD) code set representing the type of medication administered to a person. |
Representational attributes | |
| Classification scheme: | The Anatomical, Therapeutic, Chemical Classification System with Defined Daily Doses (ATC/DDD) |
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| Representation class: | Code |
| Data type: | String |
| Format: | A[{NN}AA{NN}] |
| Maximum character length: | 7 |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Revision status: | The system has been used for statistics since 1975. Years between revisions - 1 Year of last revision - 2004 Latest revision number - 6 for the Guidelines in the current format, 13 for the Index in the current format. |
Relational attributes | |
| Data elements implementing this value domain: | Person—medication type, medication type (ATC/DDD) code A[{NN}AA{NN}]
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