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Birth event—birth presentation, code N

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termPresentation at birth
METEOR identifier:Help on this term749924
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Standard 17/12/2021

Tasmanian Health, Standard 28/03/2023

Definition:Help on this term

The presenting part of the fetus at birth, as represented by a code.

Context:Help on this term

Perinatal.

Presentation types other than vertex are associated with higher rates of caesarean section, instrumental birth, perinatal mortality and neonatal morbidity.

Data Element Concept:Help on this termBirth event—birth presentation
Value Domain:Help on this termBirth presentation code N

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
  ValueMeaning
Permissible values:Help on this term1Vertex
  2Breech
  3Face
  4Brow
  8 Other
Supplementary values:Help on this term9
 
Not stated/inadequately described
 

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
National Perinatal Data Development Committee

Data element attributes Help on this term

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

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.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

National Perinatal Data Development Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
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

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Baby data elements (TDLU) cluster

        Tasmanian Health, Standard 17/11/2023

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2023
Implementation end date: 30/06/2025

Perinatal NMDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 09/12/2022

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2022
Implementation end date: 30/06/2023
DSS specific information:

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


Perinatal NMDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 09/12/2022

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2023
Implementation end date: 30/06/2024
DSS specific information:

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


Perinatal NMDS 2024–25

        Health, Qualified 19/10/2023

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2024
Implementation end date: 30/06/2025
DSS specific information:

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


Tasmanian Perinatal Data Set - 2023

        Tasmanian Health, Standard 23/11/2023

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2023
Implementation end date: 30/06/2024

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