Method of birth code N

Method of birth code N

Type: Value Domain
Identifiers: UUID - 683a15ea-158c-11e7-803e-0242ac110017; meteor:meteor/295362/
Origin URI: Jump to original
Stewardship Organisation: Aristotle Demo Organisation
Endorsed by: Health : Standard on Nov. 29, 2006

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Last updated
Created: 08 March 2015
Supersedes: Method of delivery code N

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Definition

A code set representing the method of complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception.

Representation

Data Type	Number
Format	N
Maximum character length	1

Values

	Value	Meaning	Start Date	End Date
Permissible Values	1	Vaginal - non-instrumental	None	None
	2	Vaginal - forceps	None	None
	4	Caesarean section	None	None
	5	Vaginal - vacuum extraction	None	None
Supplementary Values	9	Not stated/inadequately described	None	None

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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Relation	Count
Data Elements implementing this Value Domain	1