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 |
Data element attributes | |
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 ![]() No registration status |