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Health service event—fasting indicator, code N

Definition

Whether the patient was fasting at the time of an examination, test, investigation or procedure, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Health service event—fasting indicator, code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N ".
Data Type Number
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Yes
2 No
Supplementary Values 9 Not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Yes: Record if the patient is fasting at the time of an examination, test, investigation or procedure.

CODE 2 No: Record if the patient is not fasting at the time of an examination, test, investigation or procedure.

Comments:
In settings where the monitoring of a person's health is ongoing and where management can change over time (such as general practice), the service contact date should be recorded.

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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