- | Australian postcode | 611398 | String
[4]
| 0097 | Not applicable | 0098 | Unknown | 0099 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| |
- | Emergency department additional diagnosis | 765003 | String
[6]
| ANN{.N[N]}
The ICD-10-AM (Twelfth edition) code set representing diagnoses. | Conditional obligation: This data element is only required to be reported when at least one additional diagnosis is present for the emergency department stay. |
- | Emergency department physical departure date | 746078 | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | |
- | Emergency department physical departure time | 746084 | Date/Time
[4]
| hhmm
A valid time measured as hours and minutes using a 24 hour clock. | |
- | Emergency department presentation date | 746093 | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | |
- | Emergency department presentation time | 746098 | Date/Time
[4]
| hhmm
A valid time measured as hours and minutes using a 24 hour clock. | |
- | Emergency department principal diagnosis | 764919 | String
[6]
| ANN{.N[N]}
The International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM), Twelfth Edition code set representing principal diagnoses in an emergency care setting. | Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward);
- Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
- Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
- Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed;
- Code 6 - Died in emergency department.
|
- | Emergency department arrival mode transport | 746114 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Ambulance, air ambulance or helicopter rescue service | 2 | Police/correctional services vehicle | 8 | Other | 9 | Not stated/unknown |
| |
- | Type of visit to emergency department | 746599 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Emergency presentation | 2 | Return visit, planned | 3 | Pre-arranged admission | 5 | Dead on arrival |
| |
- | Emergency department waiting time to clinical care commencement | 746119 | Number
[5]
| NNNNN Total number of minutes. | Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward);
- Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
- Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
- Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed;
- Code 6 - Died in emergency department.
|
- | Funding source for hospital patient | 780491 | String
[2]
| 01 | Health service budget (not covered elsewhere) | 02 | Health service budget (due to eligibility for Reciprocal Health Care Agreement) | 03 | Health service budget (no charge raised due to hospital decision) | 04 | Department of Veterans' Affairs | 05 | Department of Defence | 06 | Correctional facility | 07 | Medicare Benefits Schedule | 08 | Other hospital or public authority (contracted care) | 09 | Private health insurance | 10 | Worker's compensation | 11 | Motor vehicle third party personal claim | 12 | Other compensation (e.g. public liability, common law, medical negligence) | 13 | Self-funded | 88 | Other funding source | 98 | Not known |
| |
- | Establishment identifier | 269973 | String
[9]
| NNX[X]NNNNN A combination of numeric and alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: Establishment sector component of organisation identifier to be reported as: - Public (excluding psychiatric hospitals)
- Private (excluding free-standing day hospital facilities)
- Public psychiatric
- Private free-standing data hospital facility
|
- | Emergency department clinical care commencement date | 746613 | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward);
- Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
- Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
- Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed;
- Code 6 - Died in emergency department.
|
- | Emergency department clinical care commencement time | 746621 | Date/Time
[4]
| hhmm
A valid time measured as hours and minutes using a 24 hour clock. | Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward);
- Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
- Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
- Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed;
- Code 6 - Died in emergency department.
|
- | Emergency department episode end date | 746704 | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | |
- | Episode end status | 746709 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Transferred for admitted patient care in this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit) | 2 | Emergency department stay completed - departed without being transferred to a short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit in this hospital or referred to another hospital | 3 | Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission | 4 | Did not wait to be attended by a health care professional | 5 | Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed | 6 | Died in emergency department | 7 | Dead on arrival | 8 | Registered, advised of another health care service, and left the emergency department without being attended by a health care professional |
| |
- | Emergency department episode end time | 746717 | Date/Time
[4]
| hhmm
A valid time measured as hours and minutes using a 24 hour clock. | |
- | Length of non-admitted patient emergency department service episode | 746650 | Number
[5]
| NNNNN Total number of minutes. | |
- | Triage category | 746627 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Resuscitation: immediate (within seconds) | 2 | Emergency: within 10 minutes | 3 | Urgent: within 30 minutes | 4 | Semi-urgent: within 60 minutes | 5 | Non-urgent: within 120 minutes |
| Conditional obligation: This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Emergency presentation
- Code 2 - Return visit, planned
- Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission
|
- | Date of triage | 746632 | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | Conditional obligation: This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Emergency presentation
- Code 2 - Return visit, planned
- Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission
|
- | Time of triage | 746636 | Date/Time
[4]
| hhmm
A valid time measured as hours and minutes using a 24 hour clock. | Conditional obligation: This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Emergency presentation
- Code 2 - Return visit, planned
- Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission
|
- | Area of usual residence (SA2) | 747315 | String
[9]
| N(9)
A code set representing a medium-sized general purpose area aggregated from whole Statistical Area Level 1s (SA1s). | |
- | Country of birth | 659454 | Number
[4]
| NNNN
The Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC 2016) code set representing a country. | |
- | Date of birth | 287007 | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: This field must not be null. National minimum data sets: For the provision of state and territory hospital data to Australian Government agencies this field must: - be less than or equal to Admission date, Date patient presents or Service contact date
- be consistent with diagnoses and procedure codes, for records to be grouped.
|
- | Gender of a person | 741842 | String
[1]
| 1 | Man, or boy, or male | 2 | Woman, or girl, or female | 3 | Non-binary | 4 | Different term | 5 | Prefer not to answer | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: This data element is collected on a Conditional basis with the element Person—sex, code X. Data must be reported for at least one of the two elements, either Sex or Gender. Data may be reported for both elements. |
- | Indigenous status | 602543 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| |
- | Person identifier | 290046 | String
[20]
| XXXXXX[X(14)]
A logical combination of valid alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Sex of a person | 741686 | String
[1]
| 1 | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | Another term | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: This data element is collected on a Conditional basis with the element Person—gender, code X. Data must be reported for at least one of the two elements, either Sex or Gender. Data may be reported for both elements. DSS specific information: In the NAPEDC NMDS a person’s sex is understood to be reported as at the time of data collection. |
- | Record identifier (80 character maximum) | 679557 | String
[80]
| X[X(79)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |