Product of birth—birthweight, code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Birth weight of baby |
| METEOR identifier: | 709560 |
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| Definition: | The first weight of the live born or stillborn baby obtained after birth, or the weight of the neonate or infant on the date admitted if this is different from the date of birth, as represented by a code. |
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| Data element concept: | Product of birth—birthweight | ||||||||
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| METEOR identifier: | 695312 | ||||||||
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| Definition: | The first weight of a live born or stillborn baby obtained after birth, or the weight of a baby on the date admitted if this is different from the date of birth. | ||||||||
| Object class: | Product of birth | ||||||||
| Property: | Birthweight | ||||||||
Value domain attributes | |||||||||
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| Value domain: | Birth weight code N | ||||||||
| METEOR identifier: | 459935 | ||||||||
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| Definition: | A code set representing birth weight. | ||||||||
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||
| Data type: | Number | ||||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) | ||||||||
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| Guide for use: | For live births, birthweight should preferably be measured within the first hour of life before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred. In perinatal collections the birthweight is to be provided for live born and stillborn babies. | ||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) | ||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Birth—birth weight, code N
Has been superseded by Product of birth—birthweight, code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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