Principal Diagnosis

Table summarising information on the field: Principal Diagnosis
Title:	Principal Diagnosis
Name:	DxPrinc
Type:	Char[6]
RecType:	EPI
RecOrder:	15
Definition:	The diagnosis established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning an episode of residential care, as represented by a code. 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) (8th 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 514273
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