Emergency department stay—additional diagnosis, code X[X(8)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | ED additional diagnosis code |
| METEOR identifier: | 497488 |
| Registration status: | Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 |
| Definition: | The condition or complaint coexisting with the emergency department principal diagnosis during a patient's attendance to the emergency department, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Emergency department stay—additional diagnosis |
| Value Domain: | Diagnosis code X[X(8)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | X[X(8)] | |
| Maximum character length: | 9 | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Collection methods: | This value domain allows reporting of diagnosis using different code sets. The code set can be represented by the following: ICD-10-AM - 6th edition, 7th edition and 8th edition International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems - 10th Revision - Australian Modification. ICD-10-AM is a classification of diseases and health related problems. ICD-10-AM diagnoses codes contain three core character codes with some expansion to four and five character codes. The format for ICD-10-AM diagnoses codes is ANN{.N[N]} ICD-9-CM - 2nd edition International Classification of Diseases - 9th Revision - Clinical Modification. ICD-9-CM is a classification of diseases. ICD-9-CM diagnoses codes contain four character codes with some expansion to five character codes. The format for ICD-9-CM diagnoses codes is NNN.N[N] EDRS-SNOMED CT-AU Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms - Australian version (Emergency Department Reference Set). SNOMED CT-AU is a clinical terminology which uses a structured vocabulary to describe the care and treatment of patients. There is a subset for emergency department care. The format for EDRS-SNOMED CT-AU diagnoses codes is NNNNNN[NNN] |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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