Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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METEOR identifier: | 629062 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
Definition: | For the purposes of the Antimicrobial stewardship clinical care standard (ACSQHC 2014), bacterial meningitis is defined as inflammation of the meninges by a bacterium (bacterial m.). |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | For the purposes of the Indicator specification: antimicrobial stewardship clinical care standard, bacterial meningitis includes where Episode of care—principal diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 9th edn) ANN{.N[N]} or Episode of care—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 9th edn) ANN{.N[N]} is one of the following: [1]
[1] Where 'x' indicates that all fourth and fifth character codes following the three-digit rubric given are included in the definition. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
Reference documents: | ACSQHC (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care) 2014. Antimicrobial stewardship clinical care standard. Sydney: ACSQHC. |
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