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Data Element Detail

Principal diagnosis (ICD-10-AM)
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040244 v2
Data Element
Data Element Concept
Draft
23-Apr-2013		Current
09-Jul-2013
Standard
01-Jul-2013
The diagnosis established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning an episode of admitted patient care, an episode of residential care or an attendance at a health care establishment.
Health services
PD
Representational Attributes
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

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Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

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Collection and Usage Attributes
The principal diagnosis must be determined in accordance with the Australian Coding Standards. Each episode of admitted patient care must have a principal diagnosis and may have additional diagnoses. The diagnosis can include a disease, condition, injury, poisoning, sign, symptom, abnormal finding, complaint, or other factor influencing health status.

For episodes of admitted patient care, some diagnosis codes are too imprecise or inappropriate to be acceptable as a principal diagnosis and will group to an error DRG in the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups.

Diagnosis codes describing the circumstances that cause an injury, rather than the nature of the injury, cannot be used as principal diagnosis.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData Element ConceptPrincipal diagnosisQH 040244 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEmergency department stay-principal diagnosis (ICD-10-AM 10th edn)QH 042643 Version 3Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementEmergency department stay-principal diagnosis (ICD-10-AM 11th edn)QH 042643 Version 4Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementEmergency department stay-principal diagnosis (ICD-10-AM 8th edn)QH 042643 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEmergency department stay-principal diagnosis (ICD-10-AM 9th edn)QH 042643 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-clinical code (ICD-10-AM/ACHI)QH 040100 Version 3Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-clinical code type (ICD-10-AM/ACHI)QH 040099 Version 5Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ACHI 10th edn)QH 041650 Version 10Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ACHI 8th edn)QH 041650 Version 8Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ACHI 9th edn)QH 041650 Version 9Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-clinical code type (ICD-10-AM/ACHI 10th edn)QH 040099 Version 6Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-clinical code type (ICD-10-AM/ACHI 11th edn)QH 040099 Version 8Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-clinical code type (ICD-10-AM/ACHI 11th edn)QH 040099 Version 7Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-principal diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 10th edn)QH 041644 Version 11Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-principal diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 10th edn)QH 041644 Version 10Superseded
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 2Current01-Jul-2019
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1Superseded01-Jul-201330-Jun-2019
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Coding Standards (ACS) for ICD-10-AM (International statistical Classification of Diseases and related problems, tenth revision, Australian Modification) and ACHI (Australian Classification of Health Interventions)
Diagnosis; Principal diagnosis;