Congenital malformations code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]}

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Value Domain
METEOR identifier:	393431
Registration status:	Health, Standard 22/12/2009
Definition:	The ICD-10-AM 7th edition code set representing congenital malformations.

Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	String
Format:	ANN{.N[N]}
Maximum character length:	6

Source and reference attributes
Origin:	International Classification of Diseases - 10th Revision, Australian Modification National Centre for Classification in Health, Sydney.
Revision status:	ICD-10-AM was developed by the National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH). During the development, the NCCH was advised by members of the NCCH Coding Standards Advisory Committee (CSAC) and the Clinical Classification and Coding Groups (CCCG), consisting of expert clinical coders and clinicians nominated by the Clinical Casemix Committee of Australia.

Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Congenital malformations code (ICD-10-AM 6th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 22/12/2009
Data elements implementing this value domain:	Person—congenital malformation, code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Standard 22/12/2009

Classification scheme attributes
Classification scheme:	International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 7th edition
Synonymous names:	ICD-10-AM 7th edn
METEOR identifier:	391301
Definition:	The National Centre for Classification in Health classification of diseases and related health problems
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 02/05/2013 Tasmanian Health, Incomplete 13/09/2012
Classification structure:	ICD-10-AM is comprised of: Tabular List of Diseases - contains core three character codes with some expansion to four and five character codes. Two appendices are specified: Morphology of neoplasms; and Special tabulation lists for mortality and morbidity. Alphabetic Index of Diseases - consists of three sections: Section I is the index of diseases, syndromes, pathological conditions, injuries, signs, symptoms, problems and other reasons for contact with health services. Section II is the index of external causes of injury. The terms included here are not medical diagnoses but descriptions of the circumstances in which the violence occurred. Section III is the index of drugs and other chemical substances giving rise to poisoning or other adverse effects (also known as the Table of drugs and chemicals).