Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Underlying cause of death |
Synonymous names: | UCOD code |
METEOR identifier: | 307931 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 16/01/2020 |
Definition: | The disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to a person's death or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury, as represented by a code. (WHO 2004) |
Data Element Concept: | Person—underlying cause of death |
Value Domain: | Underlying cause of death code (ICD-10 2nd edn) ANN-ANN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, (2nd edition) | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | String | |
Format: | ANN-ANN | |
Maximum character length: | 6 |