MEDIASTINAL SAMPLING INDICATOR

Format/Length:an1
National Codes:See PATIENT PROCEDURE PERFORMED INDICATOR
Default Codes:9 - Not Known (Not Recorded)

Notes:
MEDIASTINAL SAMPLING INDICATOR is the same as attribute PATIENT PROCEDURE PERFORMED INDICATOR, to indicate whether a PATIENT had a mediastinoscopy, mediastinotomy, open mediastinal sampling or other type of mediastinal Biopsy

This data element is also known by these names:
ContextAlias
pluralMEDIASTINAL SAMPLING INDICATORS