Person—underlying cause of death, code (ICD-10 Fourth Edition) ANN-ANN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | UCOD ICD-10 Fourth Edition |
METEOR identifier: | 778804 |
Registration status: | Health, Qualified 03/08/2023 |
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. (WHO 2004) |
Data Element Concept: | Person—underlying cause of death |
Value Domain: | Underlying cause of death code (ICD-10 Fourth Edition) ANN-ANN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Fourth Edition | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | String | |
Format: | ANN-ANN | |
Maximum character length: | 7 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Underlying cause of death is central to mortality coding and comparable international mortality reporting. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—underlying cause of death, code (ICD-10 Third Edition) ANN-ANN Health, Qualified 03/08/2023 Has been superseded by Person—underlying cause of death, code (ICD-10 Fifth Edition) ANN-ANN Health, Qualified 03/08/2023 |
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