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Data Element Detail

Additional diagnoses
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040245 v3
Data Element
Data Element
Current
07-Dec-2005		Retired
30-Jun-2013
Standard
01-Jul-2005
30-Jun-2013
A condition or complaint either coexisting with the principal diagnosis or arising during the episode of admitted patient care, episode of residential care or attendance at a health care establishment.
Additional diagnoses give information on factors which result in increased length of stay, more intensive treatment or the use of greater resources. They are required for casemix analyses relating to the severity of illness and for correct classification of patients into Australian National Diagnosis Related Groups.
Additional diagnoses
Representational Attributes
Character
Code
ANN{.N[N]}
3
6
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Valid ICD-10-AM code
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Additional diagnoses should be interpreted as additional conditions that affect patient care in terms of requiring any of the following:

- Therapeutic treatment
- Diagnostic procedures
- Increased nursing care and or monitoring

Record each additional diagnosis relevant to the episode of care in accordance with the ICD-10-AM Australian Coding Standards. Generally, external cause, place of occurrence and activity codes will be included in the string of additional diagnosis codes. In some data collections these codes may also be copied into specific fields.
The diagnosis can include a disease, condition, injury, poisoning, sign, symptom, abnormal finding, complaint, or other factor influencing health status.
An additional diagnosis should be recorded and coded where appropriate upon separation of an episode of admitted patient care or the end of an episode of residential care. The additional diagnosis is derived from and must be substantiated by clinical documentation.
Additional diagnoses are significant for the allocation of Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups. The allocation of patient to major problem or complication and co-morbidity Diagnosis Related Groups is made on the basis of the presence of certain specified additional diagnoses. Additional diagnoses should be recorded when relevant to the patient's episode of care and not restricted by the number of fields on the morbidity form or computer screen. External cause codes, although not diagnosis of condition codes, should be sequenced together with the additional diagnosis codes so that meaning is given to the data for use in injury surveillance.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData ElementAdditional diagnosesQH 040245 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementDiagnosis code typeQH 040099 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of care (diagnosis)-most resource intensive indicatorQH 041095 Version 2Retired
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of care (diagnosis)-non ACS compliant indicatorQH 041200 Version 1Retired
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptPrincipal diagnosisQH 040244 Version 1Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1Superseded01-Jul-200530-Jun-2013
Source and Reference Attributes
Additional diagnosis; Diagnoses; Diagnosis;