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Non-admitted patient injury event activity code N[N]

Definition

A code set representing the type of activity being undertaken when injured for non-admitted patients.

Representation

Data Type String
Format N[N]
Maximum character length 2

Comments

Guide for use:

To be used for injury surveillance purposes for non-admitted patients when it is not possible to use ICD-10-AM codes. Select the code which best characterises the type of activity being undertaken by the person when injured, on the basis of the information available at the time it is recorded. If two or more categories are judged to be equally appropriate, select the one that comes first in the code list.

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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