Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—patient departure status, code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Emergency department departure status |
| METEOR identifier: | 270001 |
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| Definition: | The status of the patient at the end of the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—patient departure status |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | CODE 2 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital This code includes patients who departed under their own care, under police custody and under the care of a residential aged care facility or other carer. Code 2 excludes those who died in the emergency department, which should be coded to Code 6. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | A non-admitted patient emergency department service episode ends when either the patient is admitted or, if the patient is not to be admitted, when the patient is recorded as ready to leave the emergency department or when they are recorded as having left at their own risk. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | National reference group for non-admitted patient data development, 2001-02 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes  Emergency department departure status, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (16.7 KB) No registration statusHas been superseded by Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N
Is used in the formation of Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time (to hospital admission), total hours and minutes NNNN
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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