2-009 - Patient country of birth

Item name

Patient country of birth

epiCentre name

CountryOfBirth

Definition

Code to represent whether the patient was born in Australia, New Zealand or other country.

Usage

Indicate whether the patient was born in Australia or New Zealand.

ID

2-009

Mandatory

Source

ePPOC

Business rules

If CountryOfBirth (2-009) = 9, record the name of the country of birth at Patient country of birth: Other - detail (2-010)

Dependencies

Data type

Numeric

Format

N[N]

Maximum length

2

Data domain

Conditions

Nil

Level

Patient

Derived item

Derived by

Not applicable

Notes

Format and data length are longer than specified code set to account for supplementary values.

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