Person—congenital malformation, code (BPA 1979) ANN.N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Congenital malformations—BPA code |
METEOR identifier: | 270408 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | Structural abnormalities (including deformations) that are present at birth and diagnosed prior to separation from care, as represented by a BPA code. |
Context: | Perinatal statistics |
Data Element Concept: | Person—congenital malformation |
Value Domain: | Congenital malformations code (BPA 1979) ANN.N[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | British Paediatric Association Classification of Diseases 1979 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | String | |
Format: | ANN.N[N] | |
Maximum character length: | 5 |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Coding to the disease classification of ICD-10-AM is the preferred method of coding admitted patients. For perinatal data collections, the use of British Paediatric Association (BPA) Classification of Diseases is preferred as this is more detailed. |
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Comments: | There is no arbitrary limit on the number of conditions specified. Most perinatal data groups and birth defects registers in the states and territories have used the 5-digit BPA Classification of Diseases to code congenital malformations since the early 1980s. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Perinatal Data Development Committee |
Origin: | British Paediatric Association Classification of Diseases (1979) |
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Related metadata references: | Is re-engineered from Congenital malformations - BPA code, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.1 KB) No registration status |