Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—type of visit to emergency department, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Type of visit to emergency department
METEOR identifier:	270362
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 22/12/2011
Definition:	The reason the patient presents to an emergency department, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—type of visit to emergency department

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Emergency presentation: attendance for an actual or suspected condition which is sufficiently serious to require acute unscheduled care.
2	Return visit, planned: presentation is planned and is a result of a previous emergency department presentation or return visit.
3	Pre-arranged admission: a patient who presents at the emergency department for either clerical, nursing or medical processes to be undertaken, and admission has been pre-arranged by the referring medical officer and a bed allocated.
4	Patient in transit: the emergency department is responsible for care and treatment of a patient awaiting transport to another facility.
5	Dead on arrival: a patient who is dead on arrival at the emergency department.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:

Required for analysis of emergency department services.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

National Institution Based Ambulatory Model Reference Group

Origin:

National Health Data Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 01/10/2008

Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 01/09/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* This data element should only be collected for patients who presented to the emergency department for treatment related to acute coronary syndromes.

Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 02/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* This data element should only be collected for patients who presented to the emergency department for treatment related to acute coronary syndromes.

Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) NBPDS Health, Recorded 15/05/2017

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* This data element should only be collected for patients who presented to the emergency department for treatment related to acute coronary syndromes.

Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) NBPDS 2013-Health, Standard 02/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *DSS specific information:* This data element should only be collected for patients who presented to the emergency department for treatment related to acute coronary syndromes.

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 24/03/2006

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2005 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2006

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2006 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2007

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2007 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2008

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2008-10 Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2008 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2010

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2010-11 Health, Superseded 18/01/2011

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2010 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2011

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2011-12 Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
Health, Superseded 30/01/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2011 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2012 *DSS specific information:* Data collected for this item from 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2012 may not comply with the above requirements. Therefore, data collected from 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2012 may not be directly comparable to data collected between 1 July 2011 and 31 December 2011.

Implementation in Indicators:

Used as Numerator

National Healthcare Agreement: P23-Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2010 Health, Superseded 08/06/2011

National Healthcare Agreement: P35-Waiting times for emergency department care, 2010 Health, Superseded 08/06/2011

National Healthcare Agreement: PB 05-By 2012–13, 80 per cent of emergency department presentations are seen within clinically recommended triage times as recommended by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, 2011 Health, Superseded 30/10/2011

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 19-Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 19-Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2014 Health, Superseded 14/01/2015

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 19-Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2015 Health, Superseded 08/07/2016

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a-Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion seen on time, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a-Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion seen on time, 2014 Health, Superseded 14/01/2015

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a-Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion seen on time, 2015 Health, Superseded 08/07/2016

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 23-Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2011 Health, Superseded 31/10/2011