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Person—count of coronary artery lesions attempted, total number N[N]

Definition

A count of number of a person's coronary artery lesions into which an attempt was made to pass a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) guidewire.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person—count of coronary artery lesions attempted, total number N[N]

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Total number N[N] ".
Data Type Number
Format N[N]
Maximum character length 2
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Supplementary Values 99 Not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

Record the total number of lesions into which an attempt was made to pass a PCI guidewire during a single given PCI procedure, whether they were successful or not.

The number of lesions attempted should be reported for each PCI performed.

The value '99' is not for use in primary data collections.

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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Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 2
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0