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Data Element Detail

Principal diagnosis
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040244 v1
Data Element
Data Element Concept
Current
15-Jan-1998		Superseded
08-Jul-2013
Standard
01-Jul-1984
30-Jun-2013
The diagnosis established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the patient's episode of care in hospital (or attendance at the health care facility.
Health services: used for epidemiological research, casemix studies and planning purposes.
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Representational Attributes
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

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Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

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Collection and Usage Attributes
This field must: - start with a digit or a Z - be reported as per coding guidelines For the provision of Diagnosis Related Groups, some ICD diagnosis codes cannot be used as a Principal diagnosis, and will result in a fatal error in the grouping process. Diagnosis codes starting with a V or Y, describing the circumstances that cause an injury, rather than the nature of an injury, cannot be used as a Principal diagnosis. Diagnosis codes starting with an M are morphology codes, and cannot be used as a Principal diagnosis and will result in a fatal error. A Principal diagnosis should be recorded for each episode of patient care. Where the principal diagnosis is recorded prior to discharge (as in annual census of public psychiatric hospital inpatients), it is the current provisional principal diagnosis. Only use the admission diagnosis when no other diagnostic information is available. The current provisional diagnosis may be the same as the admission diagnosis.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Has been superseded byData ElementData Element ConceptPrincipal diagnosis (ICD-10-AM)QH 040244 Version 2Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementAdditional diagnosesQH 040245 Version 3Retired
Relates toData ElementData ElementAdditional diagnosesQH 040245 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementDiagnosis code typeQH 040099 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ACHI 5th edn)QH 041650 Version 5Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ACHI 6th edn)QH 041650 Version 6Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ACHI 7th edn)QH 041650 Version 7Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ICD-10-AM 1st edn)QH 041650 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ICD-10-AM 2nd edn)QH 041650 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ICD-10-AM 3rd edn)QH 041650 Version 3Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ICD-10-AM 4th edn)QH 041650 Version 4Superseded
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 ElementEpisode of care-principal diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 1st edn)QH 041644 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-principal diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 2nd edn)QH 041644 Version 2Superseded
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-198430-Jun-2013
Source and Reference Attributes
Diagnosis; Principal diagnosis;