Person—birthweight recorded indicator, yes/no code N

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for infants born during the preceding 12 months.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for babies born during the preceding 12 months.

In the case of multiple births, this data element should be recorded for each baby born.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 31/12/2020

Conditional obligation:

Data are only provided to the AIHW for babies born during the preceding 12 months up to the census date. In the case of multiple births, data should be recorded for each baby born. 

Data are provided to the AIHW for live births only.

Data are not provided to the AIHW for babies without a medical record of their own at the health organisation, even if their information is recorded in their mother's record.

DSS specific information:

In the ISPHC NBEDS, babies do not need to fulfil all the requirements of being an Indigenous regular client, as long as they have a file at the health organisation.

The birthweight may have been recorded during an appointment or received from sharing client data with other organisations, such as a hospital.

In the ISPHC NBEDS only aggregated data with CODE 1 are provided to the AIHW.