Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG code [X]N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Urgency related group |
Synonymous names: | URG |
METEOR identifier: | 447862 |
Registration status: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012 |
Definition: | The urgency related group (URG) into which an episode of emergency department care is categorised, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Emergency department care—urgency related group |
Value Domain: | Urgency related group code [X]N[N] |
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Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Urgency related group version 1.2 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | String | |
Format: | [X]N[N] | |
Maximum character length: | 3 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Comments: | The urgency related group (URG) is derived from the urgency disposition group (UDG) which classifies patients into 12 groups based on disposition (admitted or discharged) and urgency (triage category 1-5), including a category for patients who did not wait for treatment as well as an optional category for patients who died. The URG classification system segments the UDG classification system further by using 26 major diagnostic blocks. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
Reference documents: | Jelinek G (1994). Case-mix Classification of Patients Attending Hospital Emergency Departments in Perth Western Australia. Doctor of Medicine Thesis. Peth Australia. University of Western Australia. |
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Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG (v1.2) code [X]N[N] Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012 See also Emergency department stay—urgency related group major diagnostic block, code N[AA] Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Emergency department care activity based funding DSS 2012-2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012 Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 |