Definition
The place where the external cause of injury, poisoning or adverse effect occurred, as represented by a code.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptInjury event—place of occurrence
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Object ClassInjury event
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PropertyPlace of occurrence
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Value DomainNon-admitted patient place of occurrence code N[N]
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Non-admitted patient place of occurrence code N[N] ".Data Type | Number |
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Format | N[N] |
Maximum character length | 2 |
Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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Supplementary Values | 9 | Unspecified place |
Comments
Guide for use:
To be used for injury surveillance purposes for non-admitted patients when it is not possible to use ICD-10-AM codes. Select the code which best characterises the type of place where the person was situated when the injury occurred on the basis of the information available at the time it is recorded. If two or more categories are judged to be equally appropriate, select the one that comes first in the code list.
National Centre for Classification in Health
AIHW National Injury Surveillance Unit
National Data Standards for Injury Surveillance Advisory Group
National Health Data Committee