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HES field name Operation status code
Field operstat
Class Clinical
Length and format 1n
Availability From 2002-03
Description

Status of operation.

Value

1 = One or more operative procedures carried out

8 = Not applicable, ie no operative procedures performed or intended

9 = Not known, ie finished episode but no data entered or the episode is unfinished and no data needs to be present. (This would only be a validation error for a finished episode.)

Data cleaning
None

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