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Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ICD-10-AM 3rd edn) NNNNN-NN

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Definition

A clinical intervention represented by a code that:

  • is surgical in nature, and/or
  • carries a procedural risk, and/or
  • carries an anaesthetic risk, and/or
  • requires specialised training, and/or
  • requires special facilities or equipment only available in an acute care setting.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ICD-10-AM 3rd edn) NNNNN-NN

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Procedure code (ICD-10-AM 3rd edn) NNNNN-NN ".
Data Type Number
Format NNNNN-NN
Maximum character length 7

Comments

Origin:

National Centre for Classification in Health

National Health Data Committee

Comments:
The National Centre for Classification in Health advises the National Health Data Committee of relevant changes to the ICD-10-AM.

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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