Format/length:	an6
HES item:
National Codes:
Default Codes:

Notes:
See DIAGNOSTIC CODING for details on coding and the Using Secondary Diagnosis comments in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) section, for their usage.

Secondary is a classification of PATIENT DIAGNOSIS CODING SIGNIFICANCE.

For Commissioning Data Set (CDS) purposes it is recommended that multiple Diagnoses are recorded and the CDS-XML Message (CDS Version 6 onwards) has been designed to carry as many Diagnoses as required.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	SECONDARY DIAGNOSES (ICD)