Pre-operative examination of ear cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	567654
Registration status:	Indigenous, Standard 05/12/2017
DSS type:	Data Element Cluster
Scope:	The Pre-operative examination of ear cluster defines information relating to the external auditory meatus, the condition of the tympanic membrane, perforation details and ear diagnoses prior to surgery.

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Pre-operative examination information may be completed twice, once for the left ear and once for the right ear.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Department of Health

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steward:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

Closing the Gap/Child Health Check Initiative: Ear, nose and throat operation summary form DSS
Indigenous, Standard 05/12/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* In the case where a pre-operative examination is performed on both the left and right ear, data elements in this cluster should be used to record information for each ear.

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

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Seq No.	Metadata item	Obligation	Max occurs
1	Patient—side of ear, left/right code A	Mandatory	1
2	Patient—ear assessment indicator, yes/no code N	Mandatory	1
3	Patient—external auditory meatus condition, code N[N] *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient—ear assessment indicator, yes/no code N.	Conditional	5
4	Patient—intact tympanic membrane indicator, yes/no code N	Mandatory	1
5	Patient—intact tympanic membrane condition, code N *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient—intact tympanic membrane indicator, yes/no code N.	Conditional	4
6	Patient—tympanic membrane perforation indicator, yes/no code N *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on a 'no' response to Patient—intact tympanic membrane indicator, yes/no code N.	Conditional	1
7	Patient—ear grommet indicator, yes/no code N *DSS specific information:* Code 7 is not used in this data set. In this data set, code 8 is used to record data that is invalid and code 9 is used to record data that is missing.	Mandatory	1
8	Patient—tympanic membrane perforation location, code N *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient—tympanic membrane perforation indicator, yes/no code N. *DSS specific information:* In this data set, code 8 is used to record when the data is invalid and code 9 is used to record when the data is missing.	Conditional	1
9	Patient—tympanic membrane perforation status, code N *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient—tympanic membrane perforation indicator, yes/no code N. *DSS specific information:* In this data set, code 8 is used to record when the data is invalid and code 9 is used to record when the data is missing.	Conditional	1
10	Patient—tympanic membrane perforation wet condition, code N *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on a 'wet' response to Patient—tympanic membrane perforation status, code N.	Conditional	1
11	Patient—tympanic membrane perforation size, code N *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on a 'yes' response to Patient—tympanic membrane perforation indicator, yes/no code N.	Conditional	1
12	Pre-operative diagnosis cluster	Mandatory	2

Pre-operative examination of ear cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

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