ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DIAGNOSIS - FIRST

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The first recorded ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DIAGNOSIS of an A+E PATIENT DIAGNOSIS for an ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ATTENDANCE. This is required for recording within an Accident and Emergency Attendance CDS.

See A&E Diagnosis Tables for clinical coding and classification structure. 

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plural ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DIAGNOSIS - FIRST