Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor), code NN
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Surgical specialty |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 605195 |
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Definition:![]() | The area of clinical expertise held by the doctor who will perform the elective surgery, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor) |
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Data type:![]() | String | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format:![]() | NN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum character length:![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guide for use:![]() | The purpose of this data element is to capture the surgical specialty of the surgeon who will perform the procedure, rather than the type of patient or the nature of the surgery to be performed. CODE 11 Other All other surgical specialties not otherwise listed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments:![]() | The above surgical categories are consistent with the specialties recognised by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (available at http://www.surgeons.org/surgical-specialties/), and as included in the National Elective Surgery Urgency Categorisation Guideline-April 2015 (the Guideline). The Guideline can be accessed using the link in Reference documents. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reference documents:![]() | COAG Health Council 2015. National Elective Surgery Urgency Categorisation Guideline - April 2015. Viewed 28 October 2015, http://www.coaghealthcouncil.gov.au/Publications/Reports/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Submitting organisation:![]() | National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor), code NN
Has been superseded by Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty of scheduled doctor, code NN
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() All attributes + |
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