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Episode of admitted patient care—admission urgency status

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element Concept
METEOR identifier:Help on this term269424
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/09/2016
Definition:Help on this term

Whether the admission has an urgency status assigned and, if so, whether admission occurred on an emergency basis.

An emergency admission is an admission of a patient for care or treatment which, in the opinion of the treating clinician, is necessary and admission for which should occur within 24 hours.

An elective admission is an admission of a patient for care or treatment which, in the opinion of the treating clinician, is necessary and admission for which can be delayed for at least 24 hours.

Admissions for which an urgency status is usually not assigned are:

  • admissions for normal delivery (obstetric)
  • admissions which begin with the birth of the patient, or when it was intended that the birth occur in the hospital, commence shortly after the birth of the patient
  • statistical admissions
  • planned readmissions for the patient to receive limited care or treatment for a current condition, for example dialysis or chemotherapy.
Context:Help on this termAdmitted patient care.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:Episode of admitted patient care
Definition:Help on this termThe period of admitted patient care between a formal or statistical admission and a formal or statistical separation, characterised by only one care type.
Context:Help on this termAdmitted patient care.
Specialisation of:Help on this termService episode

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this termThis treatment and/or care provided to a patient during an episode of care can occur in hospital and/or in the person's home (for hospital-in-the-home patients).

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this termHealth Data Standards Committee.

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:Admission urgency status
Definition:Help on this termAn indicator of the urgency status assigned to an admission.
Property group:Help on this termService/care urgency

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Relational attributes

Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:Help on this term
Episode of admitted patient care—admission urgency status, code N
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Standard 25/01/2018
Episode of admitted patient care—admission urgency status, code N
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Episode of admitted patient care—admission urgency status, Tasmanian code X[XX]
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/09/2016
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