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

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Analgesia administered during a birth event indicator

METeOR identifier:

732344

Registration status:

Health, Standard 03/12/2020

Definition:

An indicator of whether analgesia was administered to the female during a birth event with labour, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Supplementary values:

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 analgesia administered, code N[N] data element when the analgesia administered indicator is Code 1 (Yes).

Submitting organisation:

National Perinatal Data Development Committee

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

Perinatal NMDS 2021–22 Health, Standard 03/12/2020

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—labour onset type, code N data element is Code 1 (Spontaneous) or Code 2 (Induced).