1 | Service contact date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: Date of service follows the standard DD/MM/YYYY format except where not enough detail is provided. In these instances the following codes should be used: 'Other' : 01/01/1800 'Not stated' : 01/01/1900 |
2 | Audiology assessment client cluster |
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1 | Discrete Indigenous community identifier | String
[5]
| AANNA A logical combination of numeric and alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This data element records the identifier of the community, town camp or homeland where the service was provided. |
2 | Person identifier | String
[20]
| XXXXXX[X(14)] A logical combination of valid alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: This data element is used to record the Hospital Registration Number (HRN). HRNs are allocated to people when they are born in Northern Territory public hospitals or when they first attend a Northern Territory public hospital to receive a service. It is a unique number that is not associated with a Medicare number. As at May 2013, the HRNs are either 6 or 7 digits long but there is capacity to increase to more digits as required. A person's HRN does not change. It remains with them for the duration of their life. |
3 | Date of birth | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | |
4 | Sex | Number
[1]
| 1 | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | Intersex or indeterminate | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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3 | Previous audiology assessment indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 7 | Not applicable | 8 | Unknown | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: The survey specific question is: "Has the child had a previous audiology check since 11/07/2007?" In this data element 'unknown' is equivalent to 'unsure' on the collection form. |
4 | Previous audiology assessment information cluster |
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| Conditional obligation: Valid for 'yes' response to the question "Has the child had a previous Audiology check since 11/07/2007?" |
1 | Previous audiology assessment date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: Date of previous audiology assessment is after 11/7/2007. |
2 | Previous ear health intervention indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 7 | Not applicable | 8 | Unknown | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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3 | Previous ear health intervention type (code) | Number
[2]
| 1 | Enhanced primary care | 2 | Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) consultation | 3 | Surgery | 8 | Other | 98 | Unknown | 99 | Not stated/Inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: Valid for a 'yes' response to the previous ear health intervention data element which is based on the question "Has any ear health intervention occurred since previous audiology check?"DSS specific information: In this data element 'unknown' is equivalent to 'unsure' on the collection form. |
4 | Previous ear health intervention type (text) | String
[100]
| X[X(99)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | Conditional obligation: Valid where an 'other' response is selected in Patient—previous ear health intervention type, code N[N] which is based on the question "Has any ear health intervention occurred since previous audiology check?". DSS specific information: The 'other' response is a description of the type of intervention received excluding: - enhanced primary care
- ear, nose and throat (ENT) consultation
- surgery.
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5 | Hearing level significant change indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 3 | Unknown | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: Valid on a 'yes' response to the previous audiology assessment indicator data element which is based on the question "Has the child had a previous audiology check since 11/07/2007?"DSS specific information: Prior occasion of service refers to a previous audiology assessment. Whether there has been any significant change since the previous audiology assessment is recorded. |
6 | Hearing level significant change | Number | 1 | Significant improvement | 2 | Significant deterioration |
| Conditional obligation: Valid on a 'yes' response to the hearing level change indicator data element which is based on any significant change in hearing levels since the last assessment. DSS specific information: In this data element 'unknown' is equivalent to 'unsure' on the collection form. |
5 | Hearing loss indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 7 | Not applicable | 8 | Unknown | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: It is possible for 'no hearing loss' to be recorded in two places on the form (level of hearing loss and type of hearing loss). To streamline this process only one occurrence appears in the DSS. |
6 | Site of hearing loss | Number
[1]
| 1 | Unilateral | 2 | Bilateral | 3 | Sound field | 8 | Unknown | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: Valid where a 'yes' response to the hearing loss indicator data element is selected. |
7 | Type of hearing loss | Number
[1]
| 1 | Conductive | 2 | Sensorineural | 3 | Mixed (both conductive and sensorineural) | 8 | Unknown | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: Valid where a 'yes' response to the type of hearing loss indicator data element is selected. |
8 | Hearing impairment indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 7 | Not applicable | 8 | Unknown | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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9 | Degree of hearing impairment | Number
[1]
| 1 | Mild | 2 | Moderate | 3 | Severe | 4 | Profound | 8 | Unknown | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: Valid where a 'yes' response to the degree of hearing impairment indicator data element is selected.DSS specific information: The pure tone thresholds used to identify hearing impairment in the Audiology Services DSS are based on recommendations from Australian Hearing. They differ from the World Health Organization (WHO) standards as data relates only to children. Coding note: If a hearing impairment measurement is provided for both left and right ear, and it is indicated which measurement relates to which ear, the hearing impairment of least severity is recorded as the response to this question (ie. the response is based on the better ear). |
10 | Middle ear condition indicator | Number
[1]
| 1 | Yes | 2 | No | 7 | Not applicable | 8 | Unknown | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
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11 | Middle ear condition type (code) | Number
[2]
| 1.0 | Eustachian tube dysfunction | 2.1 | Acute otitis media with perforation | 2.2 | Acute otitis media without perforation | 3.0 | Otitis media effusion | 4.1 | Chronic suppurative otitis media with active discharge | 4.2 | Chronic suppurative otitis media with inactive dry perforation | | | 7.0 | Other | 8.0 | Unknown | 9.0 | Not stated |
| Conditional obligation: Valid where a 'yes' response to the middle ear condition indicator data element is selected.DSS specific information: The middle ear condition is recorded twice; once for the right ear and once for the left ear. |
12 | Middle ear condition type (text) | String
[100]
| X[X(99)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | Conditional obligation: Conditional on 'other' being selected in the Patient—middle ear condition type, code N.N. DSS specific information: This data element has a maximum occurrence of 2. Record separately for right ear and left ear, as appropriate. |
13 | Audiology assessment recommended course of action (code) | Number
[2]
| 1 | No further action required | 2 | Case management by Primary Health Centre | 3 | Case management by Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) | 4 | Ongoing monitoring by Northern Territory Hearing Services | 5 | Referral to Australian Hearing (rehabilitation) | 6 | Referral to Department of Education, Employment and Training Hearing Advisory Support | 8 | Other | 98 | Unknown | 99 | Not stated/Inadequately described |
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14 | Audiology assessment recommended course of action (text) | String
[100]
| X[X(99)]
A combination of alphanumeric characters. | Conditional obligation: Conditional on 'other' being selected in Patient—audiology assessment recommended course of action, code N[N] data element. |