Birth event—anaesthesia administered indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Anaesthesia administered during birth event indicator
METEOR identifier:	732332
Registration status:	Health, Standard 03/12/2020
Definition:	An indicator of whether anaesthesia was administered to the female during a birth event with instrumental or operative delivery, as represented by a code.
Context:	Perinatal
Data Element Concept:	Birth event—anaesthesia administered indicator

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
9	Not stated/inadequately described

Guide for use:

CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described

This code is not for use in primary data collections.

Guide for use:

This data element should be recorded in conjunction with the Birth event—type of anaesthesia administered, code N[N] data element when the anaesthesia administered indicator is Code 1 (Yes).

Submitting organisation:

National Perinatal Data Development Committee

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2021 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2022 *Conditional obligation:* This data element is only to be recorded if the response to the Birth event—birth method, code N data element is Code 2 (Vaginal—forceps), Code 4 (Caesarean section) or Code 5 (Vaginal—vacuum extraction).

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2022 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2023 *Conditional obligation:* This data element is only to be recorded if the response to the Birth event—birth method, code N data element is Code 2 (Vaginal—forceps), Code 4 (Caesarean section) or Code 5 (Vaginal—vacuum extraction).