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Principal Diagnosis
| Title: | Principal Diagnosis |
|---|---|
| Name: | DxPrinc |
| Type: | Char[6] |
| RecType: | CON |
| RecOrder: | 11 |
| Definition: | The diagnosis established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the client's attendance at the health facility. The principal diagnosis must be a valid code from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) (9th Edition) or from the ICD-10-AM Mental Health Manual: An integrated classification and diagnostic tool for community based mental health services (1st Edition). |
| Domain: | Represented as ANN.NN |
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| Meteor ID: | Field Meteor ID number 588987 |
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