New Zealand Health Terminology Service (NZHTS) Implementation Guide
0.1.0 - ci-build

New Zealand Health Terminology Service (NZHTS) Implementation Guide, published by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/daniel-thomson/nzhts/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

CodeSystem: NZ cancer colorectal colonoscopy 6 week referral criteria

Official URL: http://canshare.co.nz/fhir/CodeSystem/canshare-moh-refcrit-colonoscopy-6w Version: 0.1.0
Active as of 2024-11-11 Computable Name: canshare-moh-refcrit-colonoscopy-6w
Other Identifiers: http://canshare.co.nz/fhir/NamingSystem/codesystems#canshare-moh-refcrit-colonoscopy-6w

The 6 week referral criteria published by the Ministry of Health for outpatient colonoscopies.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

  • This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

Generated Narrative: CodeSystem canshare-moh-refcrit-colonoscopy-6w

version: 1; Last updated: 2024-11-05 17:09:03+1300

This case-sensitive code system http://canshare.co.nz/fhir/CodeSystem/canshare-moh-refcrit-colonoscopy-6w defines the following codes:

CodeDisplay
BOWEL40 Altered bowel habit > 6 weeks duration plus unexplained rectal bleeding, age 40-50 years
BOWEL50 Altered bowel habit > 6 weeks duration, age ≥ 50 years
CAT2 New Zealand Guidelines Group Category 2 family history plus one or more of Altered bowel habit > 6 weeks duration; Unexplained rectal bleeding, age ≥ 40 years
CAT3 New Zealand Guidelines Group Category 3 family history plus one or more of Altered bowel habit > 6 weeks duration; Unexplained rectal bleeding, age ≥ 25 years
POLYP Polyp > 5 mm on imaging
IBD Suspected/assessment inflammatory bowel disease
BLEEDING Unexplained rectal bleeding, age ≥ 50 years