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Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Triage category

METeOR identifier:

270078

Registration status:

Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

Definition:

The urgency of the patient's need for medical and nursing care, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:

Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
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

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

This triage classification is to be used in the emergency departments of hospitals. Patients will be triaged into one of five categories on the National Triage Scale according to the triageur's response to the question: 'This patient should wait for medical care no longer than ...?'.

The triage category is allocated by an experienced registered nurse or medical practitioner. If the triage category changes, record the more urgent category.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:

National Triage Scale, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Has been superseded by Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, code N Health, Superseded 29/01/2012

Supersedes Triage category, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (16.3 KB)

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

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DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* This data element should only be collected for patients who presented to the emergency department for treatment related to acute coronary syndromes.

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 24/03/2006

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2005 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2006

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2006 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2007

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2007 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2008

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2008-10 Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2008 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2010