Birth event—birth presentation, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Presentation at birth |
| METEOR identifier: | 749924 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 17/12/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 28/03/2023 |
| Definition: | The presenting part of the fetus at birth, as represented by a code. |
| Context: | Perinatal. Presentation types other than vertex are associated with higher rates of caesarean section, instrumental birth, perinatal mortality and neonatal morbidity. |
| Data Element Concept: | Birth event—birth presentation |
| Value Domain: | Birth presentation code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Vertex |
| 2 | Breech | |
| 3 | Face | |
| 4 | Brow | |
| 8 | Other | |
| Supplementary values: | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | National Perinatal Data Development Committee |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | CODE 1 Vertex Presentation at birth is the upper back part of the fetal head. That is, the occiput is the point of reference. CODE 2 Breech Presentation at birth is the buttocks or legs. Includes breech with extended legs, breech with flexed legs, footling and knee presentations. CODE 3 Face Presentation at birth is the face. That is, the fetal head is hyper-extended and the area of the head below the root of the nose and the orbital ridge is at the cervical os. CODE 4 Brow Presentation at birth is the brow. That is, the fetal head is partly extended and the area of the head between the anterior fontanelle and the root of the nose is at the cervical os. CODE 8 Other Includes compound presentations (where an extremity prolapses simultaneously alongside the presenting part) and all other malpresentations, for example, cord, shoulder or hand. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | National Perinatal Data Development Committee |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Birth event—birth presentation, code N Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 See also Birth event—birth method, code N Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Tasmanian Health, Standard 08/11/2023 |
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