Elective surgery code NN
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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METEOR identifier: | 605193 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 19/11/2015 |
Definition: | A code set representing types of elective surgery. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The purpose of this data element is to capture the surgical specialty of the surgeon who will perform the procedure, rather than the type of patient or the nature of the surgery to be performed. CODE 11 Other All other surgical specialties not otherwise listed. |
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Comments: | The above surgical categories are consistent with the specialties recognised by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (available at http://www.surgeons.org/surgical-specialties/), and as included in the National Elective Surgery Urgency Categorisation Guideline-April 2015 (the Guideline). The Guideline can be accessed using the link in Reference documents. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee |
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Reference documents: | COAG Health Council 2015. National Elective Surgery Urgency Categorisation Guideline - April 2015. Viewed 28 October 2015, http://www.coaghealthcouncil.gov.au/Publications/Reports/ |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Elective surgery code NN Health!, Superseded 19/11/2015 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Has been superseded by Elective surgery code NN Health!, Qualified 08/01/2018 |
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