Patient—pre-operative ear health diagnosis, code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Pre-operative ear health diagnosis |
| METEOR identifier: | 567913 |
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| Definition: | A patient's ear health diagnosis prior to surgery, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Patient—pre-operative ear health diagnosis |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||||
| Format: | N[N] | ||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | CODE 1 Normal Free from any ear condition. CODE 2 Chronic otitis media (COM) Chronic otitis medias refers to a variety of signs, symptoms, and physical findings that result from the long-term damage to the middle ear by infection or inflammation. CODE 3 Otitis media with effusion (OME) Otitis media with effusion refers to the presence of intact tympanic membrane and middle ear fluid without symptoms or signs of infection. CODE 4 Acute otitis media (AOM) Acute otitis media refers to the presence of suppurative (infected) middle ear fluid with intact bulging or recent discharge and or bulging tympanic membrane. CODE 5 Acute otitis media (AOM) with perforation Acute otitis media with perforation refers to the presence of a perforated tympanic membrane where suppurative (infected) middle ear fluid or recent discharge is present. CODE 6 Other ear health diagnosis A diagnosis other than those separately identified. CODE 98 Unknown This code is used when the data is invalid. CODE 99 Not stated/inadequately described This code is used when the data is missing. | ||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Department of Health Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | If Code 6 'Other ear health diagnosis' is selected the data element Patient—pre-operative ear health diagnosis, text X[X(99)] should also be completed. | ||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Department of Health Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | See also Patient—chronic otitis media type, code N[N]
See also Patient—pre-operative ear health diagnosis, text X[X(99)]
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Indigenous, Standard 05/12/2017 | ||||||||||||||