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External cause
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
Identifier
QH 040248
Version
1
Metadata Item Type
Data Element
Data Element Type
Data Element Concept
Approval Status
Current
15-Jan-1998  		Superseded
08-Jul-2013  
Approval Type
Standard
Approving Authority
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Effective From
01-Jul-1984
Effective To
30-Jun-2013
Definition 
Event, circumstance or condition associated with the occurrence of injury, poisoning or violence.
Context 
Enables categorisation of injury and poisoning according to factors important for injury control.  This information is necessary for defining and monitoring injury control targets, injury costing and identifying cases for in-depth research.  It is also used as a quality of care indicator of adverse patient outcomes.
Collection and Usage Attributes
Guide for Use
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Comment
Coded in ICD-10-CM. An external cause coded to ICD-10-CM should be sequenced following the related condition or injury code, or following the group of codes, if more than one injury or condition has resulted from this external cause. Provision must be made to record more than one external cause if appropriate. All external cause codes must be accompanied by a place of occurrence code.
AUDIT COMMENT: Note that ICD-10-AM codes were implemented from 01/07/1999.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References
Has been superseded by External cause (ICD-10-AM) QH 040248 Version 2
Relates to Diagnosis code type QH 040099 Version 2
Relates to Place of occurrence of external cause of injury QH 040249 Version 1
 
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Otherrelational

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Set TypeNameAscendingIdentifier & VersionObligationEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 101-Jul-198430-Jun-2013
Source and Reference Attributes
Source Organisation 
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Source Document 
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