Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty of scheduled doctor, code NN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Surgical specialty of scheduled doctor |
| METEOR identifier: | 689726 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 12/12/2018 |
| 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 |
| Value Domain: | Elective surgery code NN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | NN | |
| Maximum character length: | 2 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 01 | Cardio-thoracic surgery |
| 02 | Otolaryngology head and neck surgery | |
| 03 | General surgery | |
| 04 | Gynaecology surgery | |
| 05 | Neurosurgery | |
| 06 | Ophthalmology surgery | |
| 07 | Orthopaedic surgery | |
| 08 | Plastic and reconstructive surgery | |
| 09 | Urological surgery | |
| 10 | Vascular surgery | |
| 11 | Other | |
| 12 | Paediatric surgery | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | CODE 11 Other All other surgical specialties not otherwise listed. |
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| Comments: | The above surgical categories are consistent with the specialties recognised by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and as included in the National Elective Surgery Urgency Categorisation Guideline (COAG Health Council 2015) (the Guideline). |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Reference documents: | COAG Health Council 2015. National Elective Surgery Urgency Categorisation Guideline - April 2015. Viewed 5 September 2019, http://www.coaghealthcouncil.gov.au/Portals/0/National%20Elective Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2015. Surgical specialties. Viewed 28 October 2015, http://www.surgeons.org/surgical-specialties/ |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| 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. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor), code NN Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Elective surgery waiting times cluster Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Elective surgery waiting times cluster Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Elective surgery waiting times cluster Health, Superseded 20/10/2022 Elective surgery waiting times cluster Health, Standard 20/10/2022 |
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