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Table 1 Categories of Overall Presenting Problem with AIHW MDC codes and examples

From: Paediatric case mix in a rural clinical school is relevant to future practice

Overall Presenting Problem allocated to student log

Examples – includes symptoms and diagnoses

AIHW MDC code

Respiratory/Ear Nose and Throat (ENT)

Cough, neck lump, stridor, otitis media

03 and 04

Gastrointestinal/urogenital

Diarrhoea, urinary tract infection, abdominal pain

06, 07, 11 and 12

Neurodevelopmental

Developmental delay, seizure, cerebral palsy

01

Musculoskeletal

Fractures, joint pain, limp

08

Skin

Rash, laceration, burn, cellulitis

09 and 22

Well child

Newborn and 6 week checks, immunisations, crying infant

24

Mental health

School refusal, anxiety, depression, autism

19 and 20

Fever

Febrile child, Kawasaki disease

Nil

Eye

Red eye, eye trauma, periorbital cellulitis

02

Growth

Obesity, short stature, failure to thrive

10

Cardiac

Congenital heart disease, murmurs, faints

05

Neonatal

Preterm, neonatal jaundice

15

Syndromes

Down’s syndrome, Williams syndrome

Nil

Allergy

Allergic rhinitis, anaphylaxis, food allergy

03

Haematology/oncology

Leukaemia, neuroblastoma, anaemia

16 and 17

Diabetes

Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

10

Not otherwise specified

Refugee, metabolic, dental, hypothyroid

13, 14 and 21