Gestational diabetes mellitus

Glossary Item Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	527427
Registration status:	Health, Standard 07/03/2014 Tasmanian Health, Standard 20/12/2016
Definition:	Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a carbohydrate intolerance resulting in hyperglycaemia of variable severity with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. The definition applies irrespective of whether or not insulin is used for treatment or the condition persists after pregnancy.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	National Perinatal Data Development Committee
Reference documents:	Nankervis A, McIntyre HD, Moses R, Ross GP, Callaway L, Porter C et al. 2013. Australasian Diabetes In Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) Consensus Guidelines for the Testing and Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Australia. Australasian Diabetes In Pregnancy Society (ADIPS).
Relational attributes
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Female—diabetes mellitus during pregnancy indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Health, Superseded 20/11/2019 Female—diabetes mellitus during pregnancy indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Female—diabetes mellitus during pregnancy indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Female—diabetes mellitus during pregnancy indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Health, Superseded 09/09/2022 Female—diabetes mellitus during pregnancy indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Health, Standard 09/09/2022 Female—previous gestational diabetes mellitus indicator Health, Recorded 15/08/2013 Female—previous gestational diabetes mellitus indicator, yes/no/not applicable/not stated/inadequately described code N Health, Recorded 15/08/2013 Perinatal DSS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Perinatal DSS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 04/09/2015 Perinatal NBEDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Perinatal NBEDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Perinatal NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Perinatal NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 20/11/2019 Perinatal NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Perinatal NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Perinatal NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Perinatal NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Perinatal NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Perinatal NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 Perinatal NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Previous gestational diabetes mellitus indicator Health, Recorded 15/08/2013