LABOUR OR DELIVERY ONSET METHOD
 Related DDCN/DSCN/ISN
Description Where Used Attribute

Format/length:n1
HES item:DELONSET
National Codes:see LABOUR OR DELIVERY ONSET METHOD
Default Codes:9 - Not known: a validation error

Notes: 
LABOUR OR DELIVERY ONSET METHOD is the same as the attribute LABOUR OR DELIVERY ONSET METHOD.

Only those methods that are used to induce labour, such as surgical induction, medical induction or a combination of the two, should be recorded. Methods that are used to accelerate labour should not be recorded.

LABOUR OR DELIVERY ONSET METHOD will be replaced with LABOUR OR DELIVERY ONSET METHOD CODE, which should be used for all new and developing data sets and for XML messages.

 

This data element is also known by these names:
ContextAlias
pluralLABOUR OR DELIVERY ONSET METHODS