Ear and nose surgery cluster

Metadata item type:

Data Set Specification

METeOR identifier:

567979

Registration status:

Indigenous, Endorsed 05/12/2017

DSS type:

Data Element Cluster

Scope:

The Ear and nose surgery cluster describes information relating to myringoplasty, myringotomy, adenoidectomy, exploratory surgery, removal of tubes and other surgery.

Submitting organisation:

Department of Health

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steward:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

Parent DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* In the case where surgery is performed on both the left and right ear, data elements in this cluster should be used to record information for each ear.

Seq No.	Metadata item	Obligation	Max occurs
1	Patient—side of ear, left/right code A *DSS specific information:* The side of the ear is to be recorded when 'yes' is recorded for the following data elements: Patient—myringoplasty indicator, yes/no code N Patient—revision myringoplasty indicator, yes/no/not applicable/unknown/not stated/inadequately described code N Patient—myringotomy indicator, yes/no code N Patient—exploration under anaesthesia indicator, yes/no code N Patient—exploration of middle ear (ME) indicator, yes/no code N Patient—remove tubes indicator, yes/no code N Patient—other surgical procedure performed indicator, yes/no code N.	Mandatory	2
2	Myringoplasty cluster	Mandatory	1
3	Myringotomy cluster	Mandatory	1
4	Patient—adenoidectomy indicator, yes/no code N	Mandatory	1
5	Patient—exploration under anaesthesia indicator, yes/no code N	Mandatory	1
6	Patient—exploration of middle ear indicator, yes/no code N	Mandatory	1
7	Patient—comment, text X[X(99)] *DSS specific information:* This data element should be used to record: a description of the Exploration under anaesthesia a description of the Exploration of the middle ear the reason the surgery performed is different to the surgery requested.	Optional	3
8	Patient—remove tubes indicator, yes/no code N	Mandatory	2
9	Patient—other surgical procedure performed indicator, yes/no code N	Mandatory	2

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