Medication type (ATC/DDD) code A[{NN}AA{NN}]
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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| METEOR identifier: | 365463 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 25/08/2011 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
| 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}] Health, Standard 25/08/2011 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
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