Person—underlying cause of death, code (ICD-10 2016 version) ANN{.N}
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Underlying cause of death |
| Synonymous names: | UCOD code |
| METEOR identifier: | 719784 |
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| Definition: | The disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to a person's death or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—underlying cause of death |
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| Classification scheme: | International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (2016 version) | |||||||||
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| Representation class: | Code | |||||||||
| Data type: | String | |||||||||
| Format: | ANN{.N} | |||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 4 | |||||||||
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| Guide for use: | Underlying cause of death is central to mortality coding and comparable international mortality reporting. | |||||||||
| Comments: | The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) codes and classifies the underlying cause of death (UCOD) according to the rules and guidelines for mortality coding adopted by the World Health Assembly and set out in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). The ABS uses Iris to process and code cause-of-death information reported on death certificates. | |||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Bureau of Statistics | |||||||||
| Origin: | ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2008. Information Paper: Cause of death certification. Catalogue no. 1205.0.55.001. ABS, Canberra. Viewed 31 July 2019, https://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/475BC02643DB45EDCA25750B000E38A4/$File/1205055001_2008.pdf WHO (World Health Organization) 2016. The International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, Tenth revision (2016 version). WHO, Geneva. Viewed 19th July 2019, https://icd.who.int/browse10/2016/en#/ | |||||||||
| Reference documents: | ABS 2008. Information Paper: Cause of death certification. Catalogue no. 1205.0.55.001. ABS, Canberra. Viewed 31 July 2019, https://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/ WHO 2016. The International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, Tenth revision (2016 version). WHO, Geneva. Viewed 19th July 2019, https://icd.who.int/browse10/2016/en#/ | |||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—underlying cause of death, code (ICD-10 2nd edn) ANN-ANN
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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