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Injury event—place of occurrence, code (ICD-10-AM 8th edn) ANN{.N[N]}

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Definition

The place where the external cause of injury, poisoning or adverse effect occurred, as represented by a code.

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Data Element (this item)
Injury event—place of occurrence, code (ICD-10-AM 8th edn) ANN{.N[N]}

Comments

Guide for use:

Admitted patient:

External cause codes in the range V00 to Y89 must be accompanied by a place of occurrence code.

External cause codes V00 to Y34 must be accompanied by an activity code.

Origin:

National Centre for Classification in Health

AIHW National Injury Surveillance Unit

National Data Standards for Injury Surveillance Advisory Group

Comments:

Enables categorisation of injury and poisoning according to factors important for injury control. Necessary for defining and monitoring injury control targets, injury costing and identifying cases for in-depth research.

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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