Clinical urgency code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Value Domain
METEOR identifier:	270635
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 12/06/2015 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Definition:	A code set representing the clinical assessment of the urgency with which a patient requires hospital admission.

Representational attributes

Representation class:

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Code

Data type:

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Number

Format:

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N

Maximum character length:

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1

Permissible values:

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Value	Meaning
1	Admission within 30 days desirable for a condition that has the potential to deteriorate quickly to the point that it may become an emergency
2	Admission within 90 days desirable for a condition causing some pain, dysfunction or disability but which is not likely to deteriorate quickly or become an emergency
3	Admission at some time in the future acceptable for a condition causing minimal or no pain, dysfunction or disability, which is unlikely to deteriorate quickly and which does not have the potential to become an emergency

Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Clinical urgency code N ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018 Health, Standard 12/06/2015
Data elements implementing this value domain:	Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N Health, Superseded 12/06/2015 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Incomplete 13/09/2012