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Principal procedure

Identifying and Definitional Attributes

Identifier & Version

QH 040246 v1

Metadata Item Type

Data Element

Data Element Type

Data Element Concept

Approval Status

Current
15-Jan-1998

Retired
30-Jun-1999

Approval Type

Standard

Approving Authority

Effective From

01-Jul-1984

Effective To

30-Jun-1999

Definition

The most significant procedure that was performed for treatment of the principal diagnosis.

A procedure is:
- surgical in nature
- carries a procedural risk
- carries an anaesthetic risk
- requires specialised training, or
- requires special facilities or equipment only available in an acute care setting.

Context

Gives an indication of the extent to which specialised resources, for example, human resources, theatres and equipment, are used. It also provides an estimate of the numbers of major surgical operations performed and the extent to which particular procedures are used to resolve medical problems. It is required for classification of acute patients into Australian National Diagnosis Related Groups.

Short Name

Name in Other Contexts

Representational Attributes

Datatype

Representation Class

Format

Minimum Character Length

Maximum Character Length

Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

Collection and Usage Attributes

Guide for Use

New

Verification Rules

Collection Methods

Comments

Record and code all procedures undertaken during the episode of care. When no procedure was performed for treatment of the principal diagnosis, use the following hierarchy: - procedure performed for treatment of additional diagnoses; - diagnostic / exploratory procedure related to the principal diagnosis; - diagnostic / exploratory procedure related to the additional diagnoses for the episode of care.

Relational Attributes

Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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View	Relationship	Metadata Item Type	Metadata Item Subtype	Name	Identifier & Version	Approval Status
	Has been superseded by	Data Element	Data Element Concept	Procedure	QH 040617 Version 1	Superseded
	Relates to	Data Element	Data Element Concept	Additional procedures	QH 040247 Version 1	Retired

Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

1 - 1

View	Metadata Item Type	Metadata Item Subtype	Name	Identifer & Version	Obligation	Approval Status	Effective From	Effective To
	Information Asset	Data Collection	Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)	QH 020001 Version 1		Superseded	01-Jul-1984	30-Jun-1999

Data Quality Declaration

Source and Reference Attributes

Source Organisation

Source Document

Keywords

Principal procedure; Procedure;