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Syphilis requiring treatment

Data Item category

Maternal Morbidity - pre-existing

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Data definitions

Description:
NT Perinatal Data Collection: Positive screening result requiring treatment.

Additional information

VIC, SA, WA, TAS, QLD and ACT provide a free text field for maternal conditions, which may capture syphilis. In QLD this information is collected as a medical condition or pregnancy complication if it is recorded on the MR63D as an ICD-10-AM code. Tas PDC collects this information in Obstetrix Tas, a statewide Electronic Perinatal Database that is used in public maternity and publically contracted private hospitals throughout Tasmania.

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