Cancer treatment—treatment complication type, cancer-related primary surgery complication type code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Surgical treatment complication type |
| Synonymous names: | Critical event type |
| METEOR identifier: | 424310 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
| Definition: | The type of treatment complication/s arising within 30 days of undergoing surgical treatment for cancer, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Cancer treatment—treatment complication type |
| Value Domain: | Cancer-related primary surgery complication type code N[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N[N] | |
| Maximum character length: | 2 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Unplanned return to theatre |
| 2 | Death within 30 days of surgery | |
| 3 | Post-operative fistula | |
| 4 | Intra-operative haemorrhage (greater than 6 units of transfusion) | |
| 5 | Pulmonary embolism | |
| 6 | Unplanned transfer to intensive care unit (ICU) | |
| 7 | Post-operative stay greater than 21 days | |
| 88 | Other complication or critical event | |
| Supplementary values: | 98 | Unknown |
| 99 | Not stated/inadequately described | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
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| Reference documents: | Gynaecology Oncology Subspecialty Practice Improvement Critical Project (GO SPICE) Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG). |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Record the type of any treatment complications that occur within 30 days of primary surgery. If multiple events occur, all events should be recorded. |
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| Collection methods: | Collect from medical records. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
| Reference documents: | Gynaecology Oncology Subspecialty Practice Improvement Critical Project (GO SPICE) Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) |
Relational attributes | |
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