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Episode of admitted patient care—separation mode, code N

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termMode of separation
METEOR identifier:Help on this term270094
Registration status:Help on this term
Definition:Help on this termStatus at separation of person (discharge/transfer/death) and place to which person is released, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:Help on this termEpisode of admitted patient care—separation mode

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Discharge/transfer to (an)other acute hospital
2Discharge/transfer to a residential aged care service, unless this is the usual place of residence
3Discharge/transfer to (an)other psychiatric hospital
4Discharge/transfer to other health care accommodation (includes mothercraft hospitals)
5Statistical discharge - type change
6Left against medical advice/discharge at own risk
7Statistical discharge from leave
8Died
9Other (includes discharge to usual residence, own accommodation/welfare institution (includes prisons, hostels and group homes providing primarily welfare services))

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 4     Discharge/transfer to other health care accommodation (includes mothercraft hospitals)

In jurisdictions where mothercraft facilities are considered to be acute hospitals, patients separated to a mothercraft facility should have a mode of separation of Code 1. If the residential aged care service is the patient's place of usual residence then they should have a mode of separation of Code 9.

Data element attributes

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this termNational Health Data Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Episode of admitted patient care—separation mode, code NN
Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 6) ANNA
Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 7) ANNA
Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v5.1) ANNA
Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 6) NN
Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 7) NN
Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 8.0) NN
Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v5.1) NN
Is re-engineered from PDF Mode of separation, version 3, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (16.3 KB) No registration status
See also Episode of admitted patient care—emergency department short stay unit departure destination, code N
See also Episode of mental health care—episode end mode, code N[N]
See also Episode of mental health care—episode end mode, code N[N]
See also Episode of mental health care—episode end mode, code N[N]
See also Episode of mental health care—episode end mode, code NN
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

Health, Superseded 01/10/2008

Health, Superseded 01/09/2012

Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

Health, Standard 02/05/2013

Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

Health, Superseded 04/02/2009

Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

Health, Superseded 18/01/2011

Health, Superseded 11/04/2012

Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

Health, Superseded 11/04/2014

Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

Health, Superseded 10/11/2015

Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Health, Superseded 18/12/2019

Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

Health, Superseded 04/02/2009

Health, Superseded 05/01/2010

Health, Superseded 18/01/2011

Health, Superseded 07/12/2011

Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

Health, Superseded 15/10/2014

Health, Superseded 04/02/2015

Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

Health, Superseded 04/02/2009

Health, Superseded 05/01/2010

Health, Superseded 21/12/2010

Health, Superseded 07/03/2012

Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

Health, Superseded 15/10/2014

Health, Superseded 04/02/2015

Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

Health, Standard 12/12/2018

Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term
Used as Numerator
Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.1–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2019
Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.1–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2019
Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.1–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2020
Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.1–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2020
Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.1–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2021
Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 3.1.1–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2021
Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 3.1-Hospitalised ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction events treated by percutaneous coronary intervention, 2016
Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 3.3-Hospitalised acute coronary syndrome events that included diagnostic angiography or definitive revascularisation procedures, 2016
Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 3.5-Hospitalised acute myocardial infarction events that ended with death of the patient, 2016
Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 6.2-Mortality due to cardiac conditions, 2016
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09-Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2015
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2016
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2017
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2018
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2019
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2020
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2021
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2021
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2022
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09–Incidence of heart attacks (acute coronary events), 2022
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09-Incidence of heart attacks, 2013
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 09-Incidence of heart attacks, 2014
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 27-Number of hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2013
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 27-Number of hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2014
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 27-Number of hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2015
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 27–Number of hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2016
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 27–Number of hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2017
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 27–Number of hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2018
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 27–Number of hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2019
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 27–Number of hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2020
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 27–Number of hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2021
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 27–Number of hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2022
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 57-Hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2011
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 57-Hospital patient days used by those eligible and waiting for residential aged care, 2012
National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: Proportion of patients discharged from emergency department short stay units
Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 3.1-Hospitalised ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction events treated by percutaneous coronary intervention, 2016
Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 3.3-Hospitalised acute coronary syndrome events that included diagnostic angiography or definitive revascularisation procedures, 2016
Indigenous Better Cardiac Care measure: 3.5-Hospitalised acute myocardial infarction events that ended with death of the patient, 2016