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Person—cancer diagnostic assessment indicator, yes/no code N

Definition

An indicator of whether the person receives a cancer diagnostic assessment, to determine the presence or otherwise of cancer, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person—cancer diagnostic assessment indicator, yes/no code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Yes/no code N ".
Data Type Boolean
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Yes
2 No

Comments

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Yes

To be recorded when a person has undergone a cancer diagnostic assessment.

CODE 2 No

To be recorded when a person has not undergone a cancer diagnostic assessment.

If a person receives a negative screening result, no further assessment is required as the presence of cancer is not suspected.

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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Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 1
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 1
As a denominator in an Indicator 1
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 1