Patient—diagnosis date (cancer), DDMMYYYY
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Date of diagnosis of cancer |
METEOR identifier: | 270061 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 07/12/2011 |
Definition: | The date when the cancer was first diagnosed (whether at its primary site or as a metastasis). |
Context: | Patient administration system, cancer notification system, population cancer statistics, research. |
Data Element Concept: | Patient—diagnosis date |
Value Domain: | Date DDMMYYYY |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Date | |
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Data type: | Date/Time | |
Format: | DDMMYYYY | |
Maximum character length: | 8 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Date of diagnosis must be: >= date of birth <= date of death Diagnosis of cancer after death: If the patient is first diagnosed with the cancer in an autopsy report the date of diagnosis is the date of death as stated on the patient's death certificate. Incidental diagnosis of cancer: If a patient is admitted for another condition (for example a broken leg or pregnancy), and a cancer is diagnosed incidentally then the date of diagnosis is the date the cancer was diagnostically determined, not the admission date. |
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Collection methods: | Reporting rules: The date of diagnosis is the date of the pathology report, if any, that first confirmed the diagnosis of cancer. This date may be found attached to a letter of referral or a patient's medical record from another institution or hospital. If this date is unavailable, or if no pathological test was done, then the date may be determined from one of the sources listed in the following sequence: Date of the consultation at, or admission to, the hospital, clinic or institution when the cancer was first diagnosed. Note: DO NOT use the admission date of the current admission if the patient had a prior diagnosis of this cancer. Date of first diagnosis as stated by a recognised medical practitioner or dentist. Note: This date may be found attached to a letter of referral or a patient's medical record from an institution or hospital. Date the patient states they were first diagnosed with cancer. Note: This may be the only date available in a few cases (for example, patient was first diagnosed in a foreign country). If components of the date are not known, an estimate should be provided where possible with an estimated date flag to indicate that it is estimated. If an estimated date is not possible, a standard date of 15 June 1900 should be used with a flag to indicate the date is not known. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | International agency for research on cancer World Health Organisation International Association of Cancer Registries |
Reference documents: | Modified from the definition presented by the New South Wales Inpatient Statistics Collection Manual 2000/2001 |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Patient—diagnosis date of cancer, DDMMYYYY Health!, Standard 07/12/2011 Is re-engineered from Date of diagnosis of cancer, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (16.3 KB) No registration status |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Breast cancer (Cancer registries) DSS Health!, Superseded 01/09/2012 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 07/12/2011 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 07/12/2005 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 22/12/2009 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health!, Superseded 06/03/2009 |
Implementation in Indicators: | National Healthcare Agreement: P04-Incidence of selected cancers, 2010 Health!, Superseded 08/06/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: P44-Survival of people diagnosed with cancer, 2010 Health!, Superseded 08/06/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02-Incidence of selected cancers, 2013 Health!, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 02-Incidence of selected cancers, 2015 Health!, Superseded 08/07/2016 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 04-Incidence of selected cancers, 2011 Health!, Superseded 30/10/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 04-Incidence of selected cancers, 2012 Health!, Superseded 25/06/2013 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24-Survival of people diagnosed with notifiable cancers, 2013 Health!, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24-Survival of people diagnosed with notifiable cancers, 2014 Health!, Superseded 14/01/2015 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24-Survival of people diagnosed with notifiable cancers, 2015 Health!, Superseded 08/07/2016 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24–Survival of people diagnosed with notifiable cancers, 2016 Health!, Superseded 31/01/2017 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24–Survival of people diagnosed with notifiable cancers, 2017 Health!, Superseded 30/01/2018 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24–Survival of people diagnosed with notifiable cancers, 2018 Health!, Superseded 19/06/2019 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24–Survival of people diagnosed with notifiable cancers, 2019 Health!, Superseded 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 44-Survival of people diagnosed with cancer, 2011 Health!, Superseded 31/10/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 44-Survival of people diagnosed with cancer, 2012 Health!, Superseded 25/06/2013 |