Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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| METEOR identifier: | 530379 |
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| Definition: | The quantity of colorectal polyps found in the patient's body. |
Patient—number of colorectal polyps found
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Object class: | Patient |
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| Definition: | A person for whom a health service accepts responsibility for treatment and/or care. |
| Specialisation of: | Person/group of persons |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Property: | Number of colorectal polyps found |
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| Definition: | The quantity of colorectal polyps found in an individual. A colorectal polyp is a small growth of colon tissue that protrudes into the colonic or rectal lumen. It is usually asymptomatic, but sometimes it causes visible rectal bleeding, and, rarely, other symptoms. |
| Property group: | Illness and/or Injury event |
Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Patient—number of colorectal polyps found
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| Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Patient—number of colorectal polyps found, number N[NN]
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