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Patient—principal diagnosis, (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]}

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Definition

The diagnosis established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning a patient's service event or episode, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Patient—principal diagnosis, (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]}

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]} ".
Data Type String
Format ANN{.N[N]}
Maximum character length 6

References


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