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released: 14 Oct 2004

The National Health Data Dictionary, Version 12, Supplement contains modifications and new items endorsed since Version 12 of the data dictionary was published. Version 12 supplement lists definitions for all the National Minimum Data Sets agreed for mandatory collection and reporting at a national level in Australia's health sector. This version of the Dictionary includes a number of nationally endorsed data definitions for use by clinicians.

Cat. no. HWI 72; OUT OF PRINT

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National Health Data Dictionary, Version 12, Supplement

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Note: This electronic copy differs from the hard copy, for changes please see Errata (97K PDF).
  • Preliminary material (181K PDF)
    • Title and verso pages
    • Foreword
    • Preface
    • Contents
  • Sections
    • Introduction (318K PDF)
      • The Health Data Standards Committee (HDSC)
      • The AIHW Knowledgebase- Australia's health, Community Services and Housing Assistance Metadata Registry
      • The Metadata Online Registry - METeOR
      • National Health Data Dictionary
      • Version 12 Supplement
      • International Classification of Diseases, Version 10, Australian Modification, 3rd Edition (ICD-10-AM)
      • Using National Data Standards - Compliance and Consistency
      • Feedback
      • Secretariat contact details
    • Summary of changes
      • National Minimum Data Sets
      • Data set specifications
      • Data Elements and Data Element Concepts
    • New National Minimum Data Sets
      • Residential mental health care NMDS
    • Existing National Minimum Data Sets
      • Admitted patient care NMDS
      • Admitted patient mental health care NMDS
      • Admitted patient palliative care NMDS
      • Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS
      • Community mental health care NMDS
      • Community mental health establishments NMDS
      • Elective surgery waiting times NMDS
      • Health labour force NMDS
      • Injury surveillance NMDS
      • Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS
      • Perinatal NMDS
      • Public hospital establishments NMDS
    • New Data set specifications (206K PDF)
      • Acute coronary syndrome (clinical)
      • Cancer (clinical)
    • Existing Data set specifications
      • Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS
      • Diabetes (clinical) DSS
      • Health care client identification DSS
    • New Data Elements (217K PDF)
      • Acute coronary syndrome procedure type
      • Acute coronary syndrome stratum
      • Address line
      • Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors therapy status
      • Aspirin therapy status
      • Beta-blocker therapy status
      • Bleeding episode using TIMI criteria - status
      • Building/complex sub-unit number
      • Building/complex sub-unit type - abbreviation
      • Building/property name
      • Cancer initial treatment - completion date (254K PDF)
      • Cancer initial treatment - starting date
      • Cancer staging - M stage code
      • Cancer staging - N stage code
      • Cancer staging - T stage code
      • Cancer staging - TNM stage grouping code
      • Cancer treatment type
      • Cancer treatment - target site
      • Chest pain pattern category
      • Clinical evidence status
      • Clinical procedure timing status
      • Clopidogrel therapy status
      • Concurrent clinical condition - on presentation
      • Creatine kinase MB isoenzyme (CK-MB) - measured
      • Creatine kinase MB isoenzyme (CK-MB) - units
      • Creatine kinase MB isoenzyme (CK-MB) - upper limit of normal range
      • Date creatine kinase MB isoenzyme (CK-MB) measured
      • Date of death
      • Date of diagnosis of first recurrence
      • Date of first angioplasty balloon inflation or stenting
      • Date of intravenous fibrinolytic therapy
      • Date of surgical treatment for cancer
      • Date troponin measured
      • Degree of spread of cancer
      • Electrocardiogram (ECG) change-location (238K PDF)
      • Electrocardiogram (ECG) change-type
      • Episode of residential care
      • Episode of residential care end
      • Episode of residential care end date
      • Episode of residential care end mode
      • Episode of residential care start
      • Episode of residential care start date
      • Episode of residential care start mode
      • Fibrinolytic drug used
      • Fibrinolytic therapy status
      • Floor/level number
      • Floor/level type
      • Functional stress test element
      • Functional stress test ischaemic result
      • Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonist status
      • Heart rate
      • Heart rhythm type
      • Histopathological grade
      • House/property number
      • Initial treatment episode for cancer
      • Intention of treatment for cancer
      • Killip classification code
      • Leave days from residential care (234K PDF)
      • Lipid-lowering therapy status
      • Lot/section number
      • Most valid basis of diagnosis of cancer
      • Oestrogen receptor assay status
      • Outcome of initial treatment
      • Postal delivery service number
      • Postal delivery service type - abbreviation
      • Progesterone receptor assay status
      • Radiotherapy treatment type
      • Reason for readmission-Acute coronary syndrome
      • Received radiation dose
      • Referral from specialised mental health residential care
      • Region of first recurrence
      • Regional lymph nodes examined
      • Regional lymph nodes positive
      • Resident
      • Residential mental health service
      • Residential stay
      • Residential stay start date
      • Specialised mental health service (249K PDF)
      • Specialised mental health service setting
      • Specialist private sector rehabilitation care indicator
      • Staging basis
      • Staging scheme source
      • Staging scheme source edition number
      • Street name
      • Street suffix code
      • Street type code
      • Surgical treatment procedure for cancer
      • Systemic therapy agent name
      • Time creatine kinase MB isoenzyme (CK-MB) measured
      • Time of first angioplasty balloon inflation or stenting
      • Time of intravenous fibrinolytic therapy
      • Time troponin measured
      • Troponin assay type
      • Troponin assay - upper limit of normal range
      • Troponin measured
    • Modified data elements (224K PDF)
      • Activity when injured
      • Actual place of birth
      • Additional diagnosis
      • Address
      • Australian state/territory identifier
      • Birth plurality
      • Birthweight
      • Complication of labour and delivery
      • Complications of pregnancy
      • Congenital malformations
      • Country of birth
      • Date of birth (272K PDF)
      • Date of procedure
      • Diagnosis
      • Diagnosis onset type
      • Episode of admitted patient care
      • Establishment number
      • Establishment sector
      • External cause - admitted patient
      • Family name
      • Given name(s) Indicator procedure
      • Indigenous status
      • Informal carer availability
      • Intended place of birth
      • Inter-hospital contracted patient
      • Labour force status
      • Main language other than English spoken at home
      • Main occupation of person
      • Main treatment type for alcohol and other drugs
      • Marital status
      • Maternal medical conditions
      • Mental health legal status
      • Mother's original family name
      • Name context flag (245K PDF)
      • Name suffix
      • Name title
      • Neonatal morbidity
      • Other drug of concern
      • Other treatment type for alcohol and other drugs
      • Outcome of last previous pregnancy
      • Person identifier
      • Place of occurrence of external cause of injury
      • Postal delivery point identifier
      • Postcode - Australian
      • Postpartum complication
      • Pregnancy - current status
      • Presentation at birth
      • Previous pregnancies
      • Primary site of cancer
      • Principal diagnosis
      • Principal drug of concern
      • Procedure
      • Proficiency in spoken English
      • Reason for cessation of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
      • Sex (207K PDF)
      • Source of referral to alcohol and other drug treatment service
      • Status of the baby
      • Stillbirth (fetal death)
      • Suburb/town/locality name
      • Telephone number
      • Telephone number type
      • Treatment delivery setting for alcohol and other drugs
      • Treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
      • Vascular history
      • Waiting list category
  • End matter
    • Appendix A: The Health Data Standards Committee membership (242K PDF)
    • Appendix B: Format for data element definitions
    • Appendix C: Data elements and data element concepts included in National Minimum Data Sets
    • National Health Data Dictionary Feedback Form

Recommended citation

National Health Data Committee (now HDSC) 2004. National Health Data Dictionary Version 12 Supplement. Cat. no. HWI 72. Canberra: AIHW.