Description: Locations/methods used to generate samples for COVID19 testing.
This is a flat (unstructured) list which uses integers to represent categories or special values.
| Coding can be downloaded here as a tab-separated file. |
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| Coding | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | Null data |
| 47 | abscess |
| 24 | alveolar lavage |
| 27 | ascitic fluid |
| 39 | aspiration |
| 20 | bal |
| 51 | biopsy - nos |
| 28 | blood |
| 6 | bronchial |
| 21 | csf |
| 42 | cvp line tip |
| 7 | endotracheal aspirate |
| 25 | endotracheal secretions |
| 38 | endotracheal tube |
| 30 | eye |
| 33 | fluid - nos |
| 22 | lower respiratory tract |
| 48 | lymph nodes |
| 8 | mouth |
| 1 | nasal |
| 9 | nasopharyngeal aspirate |
| 31 | nasopharyngeal swab |
| 40 | nephrostomy |
| 10 | nose |
| 2 | nose and throat |
| 29 | nose-throat-perineum |
| 11 | npa |
| 46 | penis |
| 32 | pericardial fluid |
| 44 | perineum |
| 12 | pharyngeal |
| 41 | pharyngeal swab |
| 49 | prepuce |
| 23 | rectum |
| 35 | saliva |
| 3 | serum |
| 13 | skin-swab-nos |
| 26 | skin/wound |
| 14 | sputum |
| 4 | swab - nos |
| 15 | throat |
| 16 | tissue |
| 17 | trachea |
| 37 | tracheal aspirate |
| 18 | unassigned specimen |
| 19 | unknown |
| 43 | unrequired specimen |
| 34 | upper genital tract |
| 5 | upper respiratory tract |
| 45 | urine |
| 36 | wound (surgical) |
| 50 | wound (traumatic) |
| 52 | lung |
| 53 | pernasal |
| 54 | faeces |
| 55 | mouth swab |
| 56 | nasopharyngeal secretions |
| 57 | sputum - induced |
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