Bowel screening test completion status code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Value Domain
METEOR identifier:	529903
Registration status:	Health, Standard 29/08/2014
Definition:	A code set representing the completion status of a bowel screening test.

Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Number
Format:	N
Maximum character length:	1
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	1	Correctly completed
	2	Incorrectly completed
	3	Unsatisfactory

Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	CODE 1 Correctly completed A faecal occult blood test (FOBT) screening kit is correctly completed if the participant correctly returns both samples. CODE 2 Incorrectly completed A FOBT screening kit is incorrectly completed if the participant does not return both samples. CODE 3 Unsatisfactory A FOBT screening kit is unsatisfactory if: the completed kit has expired there is a gap of more than 14 days between the dates the two samples are collected there is more than 14 days between the date of the first sample and arrival of the completed kit at the pathology laboratory.

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Correctly completed

A faecal occult blood test (FOBT) screening kit is correctly completed if the participant correctly returns both samples.

CODE 2 Incorrectly completed

A FOBT screening kit is incorrectly completed if the participant does not return both samples.

CODE 3 Unsatisfactory

A FOBT screening kit is unsatisfactory if:

the completed kit has expired
there is a gap of more than 14 days between the dates the two samples are collected
there is more than 14 days between the date of the first sample and arrival of the completed kit at the pathology laboratory.

Relational attributes
Data elements implementing this value domain:	Person—disease screening test completion status, bowel screening code N Health, Standard 29/08/2014

Value Domain Attributes