Seq No. Metadata item Obligation Max occurs 1 Patient—cancer diagnostic assessment date, DDMMYYYY Mandatory 2 2 Patient—cancer diagnostic assessment type, bowel cancer code N Mandatory 1 3 Establishment—Australian state/territory identifier, code N DSS specific information:
This is the state in which a bowel cancer diagnostic assessment occurs. This can be different to the person's state or territory of usual residence, e.g. a person living in Queanbeyan (in NSW) may undergo a diagnostic assessment in Canberra, i.e. in the ACT.
Mandatory 1 4 Patient—colonoscope withdrawal time, total minutes NNN Conditional obligation:
Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Colonoscopy' to the Person—cancer diagnostic assessment type, bowel cancer code N data element.Conditional 1 5 Patient—colonoscope depth, anatomical site within the bowel code XX[XX] Conditional obligation:
Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Colonoscopy' to the Person—cancer diagnostic assessment type, bowel cancer code N data element.Conditional 1 6 Patient—election status, code N Mandatory 1 7 Patient—sedation received indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
The level of sedation used should comply with ANZCA standards (ANZCA 2010). The level of sedation used should generally be related to the risk of complications for each individual patient as documented in the pre-procedure patient assessment. Further, deep sedation and general anaesthesia may only be used in the presence of an anaesthetist or other appropriately trained and credentialed medical specialist within his/her scope of practice. Non‑anaesthetist medical staff require adequate training in the safe and correct usage of sedation equipment and drugs, and in the management and monitoring of sedated patients in accordance with the guidelines.
Reference:
ANZCA (Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists) 2010. Guidelines on Sedation and/or Analgesia for Diagnostic and Interventional Medical, Dental or Surgical Procedures. Viewed 23 March 2012,
www.anzca.edu.au/resources/professional-documents/documents/
Mandatory 1 8 Patient—sedation type, code N Conditional obligation:
Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Patient—sedation received indicator, yes/no code N data element.Conditional 1 9 Patient—type of health professional who administers sedation, bowel cancer diagnostic assessment code N Conditional obligation:
Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Patient—sedation recieved indicator, yes/no code N data element.Conditional 1 10 Patient—colorectal polyps found in colon indicator, yes/no code N Mandatory 1 11 Patient—number of colorectal polyps found, number N[NN] Conditional obligation:
Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Patient—colorectal polyps found in colon indicator, yes/no code N data element.
DSS specific information:
There could be multiple polyps listed if multiple polyps are found during an assessment. Conditional 1 12 Patient—colorectal polyps greater than or equal to 10 mm indicator, Yes/no code N Conditional obligation:
Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Patient—colorectal polyps found in colon indicator, yes/no code N data element.DSS specific information:
There could be multiple polyps listed if multiple polyps are found during an assessment. Conditional 5 13 Patient—anatomical site of colorectal polyps, code XX[XX] Conditional obligation:
Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Patient—colorectal polyps found in colon indicator, yes/no code N data element.DSS specific information:
There could be multiple polyps listed if multiple polyps are found during an assessment. Conditional 5 14 Patient—colorectal polyp type, code N[N] Conditional obligation:
Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Patient—colorectal polyps found in colon indicator, yes/no code N data element.DSS specific information:
There could be multiple polyps listed if multiple polyps are found during an assessment. Conditional 5 15 Patient—grade of colorectal polyps found, code N Conditional obligation:
Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Person—colorectal polyps found in colon, yes/no code N data element.DSS specific information:
There could be multiple polyps listed if multiple polyps are found during an assessment. Conditional 5 16 Patient—adverse event indicator, yes/no code N DSS specific information:
There is the risk of an adverse event occurring during a cancer diagnostic assessment. Monitoring of adverse events through the NBCSP is important to ensure participant safety in the Program.
Mandatory 1 17 Patient—type of adverse event, bowel cancer diagnostic assessment adverse event code N[N] Conditional obligation:
Reporting of this data element is conditional upon answering 'Yes' to the Person—adverse event indicator, yes/no code N data element.DSS specific information:
In this data element cluster, Code 32 is used to represent Code 88, Other.Conditional 1 18 Patient—cancer status, code N DSS specific information:
Codes 8 and 9 are not used in the Bowel cancer diagnostic assessment cluster.Mandatory 1 
