Fundamental diagnosis

The fundamental diagnosis is one of the diagnoses of the specific patient. In the EACTS Congenital Database DataCollectionSoftware the FundamentalDiagnosis is the diagnosis which is on the top of the diagnoses list.

The fundamental diagnosis is the most important diagnosis for specific patient. If the patient has several diagnoses, it's very important to order them correctly, so the most important diagnosis is on the top. The fundamental diagnosis has a tremendous impact on the reports, as it designates the relation between diagnoses and mortality.

See also

• Primary procedure
• Mortality assigned to
• Database reports