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Impairment characteristicHelp on this term

Identifying and definitional attributes

Item type:Help on this termProperty Group
METEOR identifier:Help on this term525483
Description:Help on this termA descriptive characteristic of a PERSON, which describes their type of impairment defined as loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function.

Properties in this Property group Help on this term

  • Blindness
  • Blindness indicator
  • Blindness start date
  • Cardiovascular disease condition targeted by drug therapy
  • Cataract status
  • Cerebral stroke due to vascular disease
  • Clinical evidence status
  • Co-existing disability group
  • Co-existing disability group
  • Congenital anomaly
  • Congenital malformation
  • Degree of hearing impairment
  • Dependency in activities of daily living
  • Depth of cervical cancer invasion
  • Depth of myometrial invasion
  • Description of congenital anomaly
  • Diabetes mellitus status
  • Disability flag
  • Disability group
  • Disability specific flag
  • Disability status
  • Disability status
  • Distant metastatic cancer indicator
  • Erectile dysfunction
  • Erectile dysfunction assessment date
  • Erectile dysfunction extent
  • Extent of primary cancer
  • Foot deformity indicator
  • Foot ulcer history
  • Hearing impairment indicator
  • Hearing level significant change indicator
  • Hearing loss
  • Hearing loss indicator
  • Location of impairment of body structure
  • Location of lymphovascular invasion
  • Lymphovascular invasion indicator
  • Lymphovascular invasion type
  • Middle ear condition indicator
  • Multiple primary tumours descriptor
  • Multiple primary tumours indicator
  • Nature of impairment of body structure
  • Other significant disability type
  • Perineural invasion indicator
  • Post-initial surgery residual tumour size
  • Premature cardiovascular disease family history status
  • Primary disability group
  • Primary tumour status
  • Reason(s) treatment not administered
  • Region of first recurrence of cancer
  • Renal disease therapy
  • Residual (R) tumour indicator
  • Residual (R) tumour type
  • Tumour outside primary site indicator
  • Tumour size outside primary site
  • Type of hearing loss
  • Unintentional weight loss indicator

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