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

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termType of visit to emergency department
METEOR identifier:Help on this term270362
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 22/12/2011
Definition:Help on this termThe 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: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
1Emergency presentation: attendance for an actual or suspected condition which is sufficiently serious to require acute unscheduled care.
2Return visit, planned: presentation is planned and is a result of a previous emergency department presentation or return visit.
3Pre-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.
4Patient in transit: the emergency department is responsible for care and treatment of a patient awaiting transport to another facility.
5Dead on arrival: a patient who is dead on arrival at the emergency department.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

Required for analysis of emergency department services.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termNational Institution Based Ambulatory Model Reference Group
Origin:Help on this termNational Health Data Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes PDFType of visit to emergency department, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.6 KB) No registration status
Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N
  • Health, Superseded 30/01/2012
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSSHealth, Superseded 07/12/2005

Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSSHealth, Superseded 01/10/2008

Acute coronary syndrome (clinical) DSSHealth, 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) DSSHealth, 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 NMDSHealth, 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 NMDSHealth, 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 NMDSHealth, Superseded 07/12/2005

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2007-08Health, 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 2008-10Health, 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 2010-11Health, 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 2011-12Commonwealth 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:Help on this term
Used as Numerator

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

National Healthcare Agreement: P35-Waiting times for emergency department care, 2010Health, 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, 2011Health, Superseded 30/10/2011

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, 2012Health, Retired 25/06/2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 23-Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2012Health, Superseded 25/06/2013

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 35-Waiting times for emergency department care, 2011Health, Superseded 31/10/2011

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 35-Waiting times for emergency department care, 2012Health, Superseded 25/06/2013

Used as Denominator

National Healthcare Agreement: P35-Waiting times for emergency department care, 2010Health, 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, 2011Health, Superseded 30/10/2011

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, 2012Health, Retired 25/06/2013

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

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

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

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 35-Waiting times for emergency department care, 2011Health, Superseded 31/10/2011

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 35-Waiting times for emergency department care, 2012Health, Superseded 25/06/2013

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