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Address—Australian postcode, Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}

429894 | Data Element | Australian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA)
The Australian numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area for an address.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Disability, Children and Families
Superseded: Early Childhood, Health, Homelessness, Indigenous, Youth Justice
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health

Administrative health region—palliative care strategic plan indicator, yes/no code N

288331 | Data Element | Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum
Whether an administrative health region has a written strategic plan which incorporates palliative care elements, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Adult—body mass index (self-reported), ratio NN[N].N[N]

270086 | Data Element | The Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing based on the work of the consortium to develop an Australian standard definition of child/adolescent overweight and obesity; based at the Children Hospital at Westmead.
A measure of an adult's weight (body mass) relative to height used to assess the extent of weight deficit or excess where at least one of the measures is self reported.
Standard: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Cancer treatment—intention of treatment, code N

288690 | Data Element | National Cancer Control Initiative
The intention of the initial treatment for cancer for the particular patient, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Cancer treatment—non-surgical cancer treatment completion date, DDMMYYYY

288136 | Data Element | National Cancer Control Initiative
The date on which the initial non-surgical treatment for cancer was completed.
Retired: Health

Cancer treatment—non-surgical cancer treatment start date, DDMMYYYY

288103 | Data Element | National Cancer Control Institute
The start date of the initial course of non-surgical treatment for cancer.
Retired: Health

Cancer treatment—target site for cancer treatment, code (ICD-10-AM 8th edn) ANN{.N[N]}

514263 | Data Element
The site or region which is the target of particular surgical or radiotherapy treatment, as represented by an ICD-10-AM code.
Retired: Health

Cancer treatment—target site for cancer treatment, code (ICDO-3) ANN

293161 | Data Element
The site or region of cancer which is the target of a particular surgical or radiotherapy treatment, as represented by an ICDO-3 code.
Retired: Health

Contracted hospital care—organisation identifier, NNX[X]NNNNN

270013 | Data Element
The unique establishment identifier of the other hospital involved in the contracted care.
Standard: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N

270008 | Data Element
A clinical assessment of the urgency with which a patient requires elective hospital care, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Elective surgery waiting list episode—indicator procedure, code NN

472513 | Data Element
Indicator procedure for which an elective surgery patient is waiting, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Elective surgery waiting list episode—indicator procedure, code NN

514033 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The indicator procedure for which an elective surgery patient is waiting, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Elective surgery waiting list episode—reason for removal from a waiting list, code N

471735 | Data Element | Hospital Access Program Waiting Lists Working Group, Waiting Times Working Group
The reason why a patient is removed from the elective surgery waiting list, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor), code NN

270146 | Data Element | Hospital Access Program Waiting Lists Working Group, Waiting Times Working Group
The area of clinical expertise held by the doctor who will perform the elective surgery, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at removal), total days N[NNN]

471744 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The time elapsed (in days) for a patient on the elective surgery waiting list from the date they were added to the waiting list for the procedure to the date they were removed from the waiting list.
Superseded: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Emergency department stay—physical departure date, DDMMYYYY

474436 | Data Element | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
The date on which a patient departs an emergency department after a stay, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health, Tasmanian Health
Standard: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Emergency department stay—physical departure time, hhmm

474438 | Data Element | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
The time at which a patient departs an emergency department after a stay, expressed as hhmm.
Superseded: Health, Tasmanian Health
Standard: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Emergency department stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY

471886 | Data Element | National Institution Based Ambulatory Model Reference Group
The date on which the patient/client presents for the delivery of an emergency department service, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health, Tasmanian Health
Standard: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm

471889 | Data Element | National Institution Based Ambulatory Model Reference Group
The time at which the patient presents for the delivery of an emergency department service, expressed as hhmm.
Superseded: Health, Tasmanian Health
Standard: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N

474195 | Data Element | National Institution Based Ambulatory Model Reference Group
The reason the patient presents to an emergency department, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health
Standard: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Emergency department stay—waiting time (to commencement of clinical care), total minutes NNNNN

471932 | Data Element | National reference group for non-admitted patient data development, 2001-02
The time elapsed in minutes for each patient from presentation in the emergency department to the commencement of the emergency department non-admitted clinical care.
Superseded: Health, Tasmanian Health
Standard: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Episode of admitted patient care—admission date, DDMMYYYY

269967 | Data Element
Date on which an admitted patient commences an episode of care.
Superseded: Health, Tasmanian Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (excluding leave days), total N[NN]

269982 | Data Element
The length of stay of a patient, excluding leave days, measured in days.
Standard: Health, Tasmanian Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ACHI 7th edn) NNNNN-NN

391349 | Data Element
A clinical intervention represented by a code that: is surgical in nature, and/or carries a procedural risk, and/or carries an anaesthetic risk, and/or requires specialised training, and/or requires special facilities or equipment only available in an acute care setting.
Superseded: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Episode of care—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]}

391322 | Data Element
A condition or complaint either coexisting with the principal diagnosis or arising during the episode of admitted patient care, episode of residential care or attendance at a health care establishment, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Episode of care—principal diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]}

391326 | Data Element
The diagnosis established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning an episode of admitted patient care, an episode of residential care or an attendance at the health care establishment, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Establishment (mental health)—full-time equivalent staff (paid), total N[NNN{.N}]

296553 | Data Element
The aggregate full-time equivalent staff units paid for all staffing categories within a mental health establishment.
Retired: Health

Establishment—full-time equivalent health professional graduate trainees, total N[NNN{.N}]

534795 | Data Element | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
The total full-time equivalent number of health professional graduate trainees in an establishment, as represented by a number.
Retired: Health
Superseded: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Establishment—full-time equivalent new health professional graduates, total N[NNN{.N}]

534747 | Data Element | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
The total full-time equivalent number of new health professional graduates in an establishment.
Retired: Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid), average N[NNN{.N}]

270543 | Data Element
The average number of full-time equivalent staff units paid for all staffing categories within an establishment.
Retired: Health

Establishment—number of patient days, total N[N(7)]

270045 | Data Element
The total number of days for all patients who were admitted for an episode of care and who separated during a specified reference period.
Standard: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Establishment—organisation identifier (Australian), NNX[X]NNNNN

269973 | Data Element
The identifier for the establishment in which an episode or event occurred. Each separately administered health care establishment to have a unique identifier at the national level.
Standard: Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Establishment—organisation identifier (state/territory), NNNNN

269975 | Data Element
An identifier for an establishment, unique within the state or territory.
Standard: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (diagnostic and health professionals) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

270274 | Data Element | National minimum data set working parties
Salary and wage payments measured in Australian dollars to diagnostic and health professionals of an establishment, for a financial year.
Retired: Health

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

270470 | Data Element | National minimum data set working parties
Salary and wage payments measured in Australian dollars for all employees of the establishment (including contract staff employed by an agency, provided staffing data is also available).
Retired: Health

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (salaried medical officers) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

270265 | Data Element | National minimum data set working parties
Salary and wage payments measured in Australian dollars to salaried medical officers of an establishment, for a financial year.
Retired: Health

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (student nurses) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

270271 | Data Element | National minimum data set working parties
Salary and wage payments measured in Australian dollars to student nurses of an establishment, for a financial year.
Retired: Health

Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (trainee/pupil nurses) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

270272 | Data Element | National minimum data set working parties
Salary and wage payments measured in Australian dollars to trainee/pupil nurses of an establishment, for a financial year.
Retired: Health

Establishment—student clinical placement hours, total hours N(7)

534808 | Data Element | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
The total number of student clinical placement hours within an establishment.
Retired: Health
Superseded: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Health professional graduate trainee—qualified profession type, code N[N].N

542865 | Data Element | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
The type of profession for which a health professional graduate trainee is qualified, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health
Superseded: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Hospital—hospital name, text XXX[X(97)]

407430 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The appellation by which a hospital is known or called, as represented by text.
Standard: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Medical graduate trainee—medical specialty type, code N[N].N[N]

542872 | Data Element | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
The medical speciality qualification for which a medical graduate trainee is studying, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health
Superseded: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

New health professional graduate—qualified profession type, code N[N].N

542861 | Data Element | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
The type of profession for which a new health professional graduate is qualified, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health
Superseded: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N

474159 | Data Element | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
The status of the patient at the end of the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health
Standard: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

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

474185 | Data Element
The urgency of the patient's need for medical and nursing care as assessed at triage, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health
Standard: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time (to hospital admission), total hours and minutes NNNN

270004 | Data Element
The time elapsed for each patient from presentation to the emergency department to admission to hospital.
Retired: Health

Non-admitted patient service event—multi-disciplinary team status, code N

270104 | Data Element
Whether a non-admitted patient service event involved a multi-disciplinary team, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Non-admitted patient service event—new/repeat status, code N

270348 | Data Element
Whether a non-admitted patient service event is for a new problem not previously addressed at the same clinical service or for a repeat service event, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Non-admitted patient service event—patient present status, code N

270081 | Data Element
The presence or absence of a patient at a service event, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Non-admitted patient service event—service event type (clinical), code N[N]

270090 | Data Element
The type of clinical service provided to a non-admitted patient in a non-admitted patient service event, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Person (identifier)—identifier type, geographic/administrative scope code A

270053 | Data Element | Standards Australia
A code based on the geographical or administrative breadth of applicability of Person identifier.
Retired: Health

Person—age, total years N[NN]

303794 | Data Element | National Public Health Information Working Group
The age of the person in (completed) years at a specific point in time.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Tasmanian Health, WA Health, Indigenous, Children and Families
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Person—Australian state/territory identifier, Health care client code N

270041 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Health Data Standards Committee, National Community Services Data Committee
Retired: Health, Community Services (retired)

Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY

287007 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date of birth of the person, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, WA Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Person—date of birth, MMYYYY

375191 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The month and year of birth of the person.
Standard: Health, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Tasmanian Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Person—estimated resident population of Australia, total people N[N(7)]

388656 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The official measure of the population of Australia, as a number.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Early Childhood
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Person—medication type, medication type (ATC/DDD) code A[{NN}AA{NN}]

365469 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The type of prescribed medication administered to a person, as represented by a code
Standard: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)]

290046 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Person identifier unique within an establishment or agency.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Early Childhood, Indigenous, Disability, Youth Justice
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Person—sex, code N

287316 | Data Element | Australian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA)
The biological distinction between male and female, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Indigenous, Youth Justice
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Disability, Children and Families
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Person—tobacco smoking status, code NN

588811 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A person's current and past smoking behaviour, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health, Indigenous

Professional entry health professional student—intended profession type, code N[N].N

534833 | Data Element | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
The type of profession for which a professional entry health professional student is studying to qualify, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health
Superseded: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Service contact—service contact date, DDMMYYYY

270122 | Data Element
The date of service contact between a health service provider and patient/client.
Standard: Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Service provider organisation—feedback collection method, code N

290476 | Data Element | Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum
The method the service provider organisation employs to actively and routinely collect feedback on services and service delivery, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Service provider organisation—level of service delivery, palliative care code N

334508 | Data Element | Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum
The level of specialisation of the palliative care service delivered by a palliative care agency, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Service provider organisation—most common service delivery setting, code N

297708 | Data Element | Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum
The setting in which the service provider organisation most commonly delivers services, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Service provider organisation—partner organisation type, palliative care code N[N]

290715 | Data Element | Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum
The type of organisation with which a palliative care service provider organisation has formal working partnership(s) in place, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Service provider organisation—service delivery setting, palliative care agency code N

297661 | Data Element | Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum
The setting in which a palliative care agency delivers palliative care services, as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

Service provider organisation—working partnership indicator, yes/no code N

290696 | Data Element | Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum
Whether a service provider organisation has formal working partnership(s) with other service provider(s) or organisation(s), as represented by a code.
Retired: Health

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