Skip to content Learn about the access keys available for Aristotle.Cloud

Person—coronary artery bypass graft location, code N

Definition

The location of the artery where a coronary artery bypass graft has been performed, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person—coronary artery bypass graft location, code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Coronary bypass graft location code N ".
Data Type Number
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Left anterior descending artery (LAD)
2 Diagonal artery
3 Left circumflex artery (LCx)
4 Inferior surface artery
5 Posterior descending artery
6 Right coronary artery
8 Other artery
Supplementary Values 9 Not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

A bypass may be performed on more than one artery. In these cases more than one code may be recorded.

For each graft location the data elements Person-coronary artery stenosis location, code N; Person-maximum stenosis coronary artery, percentage N[NN] must also be recorded.

References


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

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 2
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0