Episode of admitted patient care—intended length of hospital stay, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Intended length of hospital stay |
| METEOR identifier: | 270399 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
| Definition: | The intention of the responsible clinician at the time of the patient's admission to hospital or at the time the patient is placed on an elective surgery waiting list, to discharge the patient either on the day of admission or a subsequent date, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Episode of admitted patient care—intended length of hospital stay |
| Value Domain: | Intended length of care code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Intended same-day |
| 2 | Intended overnight | |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Collection methods: | The intended length of stay should be ascertained for all admitted patients at the time the patient is admitted to hospital. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Origin: | National Health Data Committee |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 6) ANNA Health, Standard 30/06/2013 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 7) ANNA Health, Recorded 23/09/2014 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v5.1) ANNA Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 6) NN Health, Standard 30/06/2013 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 07/09/2016 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 7) NN Health, Recorded 23/09/2014 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v 8.0) NN Tasmanian Health, Superseded 12/01/2018 Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—major diagnostic category, code (AR-DRG v5.1) NN Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Is re-engineered from  Intended length of hospital stay, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.4 KB)No registration status |
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