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Person—primary disability group, code N[N]

Definition

The impairment of body structures or functions, limitations in activities, or restrictions in participation chiefly responsible for the disability, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person—primary disability group, code N[N]

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Disability group code N[N] ".
Data Type Number
Format N[N]
Maximum character length 2
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values Intellectual/learning
1 Intellectual (including Down syndrome)
2 Specific learning/Attention Deficit Disorder (other than intellectual)
3 Autism (including Asperger’s syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Delay)
12 Developmental delay
Physical/diverse
4 Physical
5 Acquired brain injury
6 Neurological (including epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease)
Sensory/speech
7 Deafblind (dual sensory)
8 Vision (sensory)
9 Hearing (sensory)
10 Speech
Psychiatric
11 Psychiatric
Supplementary Values 99 Not stated/Inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

Disability groups are a broad categorisation of disabilities in terms of underlying health condition, impairment, activity limitations, participation restrictions and environmental factors. The primary disability is the disability that most clearly expresses the experience of disability by a person. It can also be considered as the disability group causing the most difficulty to the person (overall difficulty in daily life, not just within the context of the support offered).

A person’s functioning or disability is conceived as a dynamic interaction between a person with a health condition(s) and environmental and personal factors (WHO 2001). Functioning and disability are both multidimensional concepts. Disability is the umbrella term for any or all of an impairment of body structure or function, a limitation in activities (the tasks a person does), or a restriction in participation (the involvement of a person in life situations). The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) recognises two main components of functioning and disability: a body component comprising classifications of Body Function and Body Structure; and an Activities and Participation component providing a complete set of domains for aspects of functioning from both an individual and societal perspective. Environmental factors represent an important new component of the ICF in recognition of their influence on functioning and disability. Personal factors are also recognised but are not classified.

The disability groupings are a broad description of similar experiences of disability and patterns of impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions, support needs and related health conditions. ‘Disability group’ is not a diagnostic grouping, and there is not a one-to-one correspondence between a health condition and a disability group.

This data item should ideally reflect the views of both the person and the funded agency. If there is a difference, the funded agency’s assessment should be recorded. (If the primary disability group cannot easily be chosen, then define primary disability as the person’s disability to which the service caters.)

Origin:
Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS): data guide 2012-13

References

WHO 2001
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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