- | Number of qualified days for newborns | 270033 | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] Total number of days. | |
- | Admission date | 269967 | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: Right justified and zero filled. admission date ≤ separation date admission date ≥ date of birth |
- | Mode of admission | 269976 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Admitted patient transferred from another hospital | 2 | Statistical admission - episode type change | 3 | Other |
| |
- | Urgency of admission | 269986 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Urgency status assigned - emergency | 2 | Urgency status assigned - elective | 3 | Urgency status not assigned | 9 | Not known/not reported |
| |
- | Diagnosis related group | 270195 | String
[4]
| ANNA The AR-DRG (version 5.1) code set representing acute admitted patient episodes in public and private hospitals. | |
- | Admitted patient election status | 270044 | Number
[1]
| | |
- | Intended length of hospital stay | 270399 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Intended same-day | 2 | Intended overnight |
| |
- | Major diagnostic category | 270400 | String
[2]
| NN The AR-DRG (version 5.1) code set representing acute admitted patient episodes in public and private hospitals. | |
- | Number of days of hospital-in-the-home care | 270305 | Number
[3]
| {N[NN]} Total number of days. | |
- | Total leave days | 270251 | Number
[3]
| N[NN] Total number of days. | DSS specific information: For the provision of state and territory hospital data to Commonwealth agencies: (Episode of admitted patient care—separation date, DDMMYYYY minus Episode of admitted patient care—admission date, DDMMYYYY) minus Admitted patient hospital stay—number of leave days, total N[NN] must be ≥ 0 days. |
- | Procedure | 269932 | Number
[7]
| NNNNN-NN The ICD-10-AM (3rd edition) code set representing procedures. | DSS specific information: As a minimum requirement procedure codes must be valid codes from ICD-10-AM procedure codes and validated against the nationally agreed age and sex edits. More extensive edit checking of codes may be utilised within individual hospitals and state and territory information systems. An unlimited number of diagnosis and procedure codes should be able to be collected in hospital morbidity systems. Where this is not possible, a minimum of 20 codes should be able to be collected. Record all procedures undertaken during an episode of care in accordance with the ICD-10-AM (3rd edition) Australian Coding Standards. The order of codes should be determined using the following hierarchy: - procedure performed for treatment of the principal diagnosis
- procedure performed for the treatment of an additional diagnosis
- diagnostic/exploratory procedure related to the principal diagnosis
- diagnostic/exploratory procedure related to an additional diagnosis for the episode of care.
|
- | Source of referral to public psychiatric hospital | 269947 | String
[2]
| 01 | Private psychiatric practice | 02 | Other private medical practice | 03 | Other public psychiatric hospital | 04 | Other health care establishment | 05 | Other private hospital | 06 | Law enforcement agency | 07 | Other agency | 08 | Outpatient department | 09 | Other | 10 | Unknown |
| |
- | Separation date | 270025 | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: For the provision of state and territory hospital data to Commonwealth agencies this field must: - be ≤ last day of financial year
- be ≥ first day of financial year
- be ≥ Admission date
|
- | Mode of separation | 270094 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Discharge/transfer to (an)other acute hospital | 2 | Discharge/transfer to a residential aged care service, unless this is the usual place of residence | 3 | Discharge/transfer to (an)other psychiatric hospital | 4 | Discharge/transfer to other health care accommodation (includes mothercraft hospitals) | 5 | Statistical discharge - type change | 6 | Left against medical advice/discharge at own risk | 7 | Statistical discharge from leave | 8 | Died | 9 | Other (includes discharge to usual residence, own accommodation/welfare institution (includes prisons, hostels and group homes providing primarily welfare services)) |
| |
- | Additional diagnosis | 270189 | String
[6]
| ANN{.N[N]} The ICD-10-AM (3rd edition) code set representing diagnoses. | DSS specific information: An unlimited number of diagnosis and procedure codes should be able to be collected in hospital morbidity systems. Where this is not possible, a minimum of 20 codes should be able to be collected. |
- | Funding source for hospital patient | 270103 | String
[2]
| 01 | Australian Health Care Agreements | 02 | Private health insurance | 03 | Self-funded | 04 | Worker's compensation | 05 | Motor vehicle third party personal claim | 06 | Other compensation (e.g. public liability, common law, medical negligence) | 07 | Department of Veterans' Affairs | 08 | Department of Defence | 09 | Correctional facility | 10 | Other hospital or public authority (contracted care) | 11 | Reciprocal health care agreements (with other countries) | 12 | Other | 99 | Not known |
| |
- | Inter-hospital contracted patient | 270409 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Inter-hospital contracted patient from public sector hospital | 2 | Inter-hospital contracted patient from private sector hospital | 3 | Not contracted | 9 | Not reported |
| |
- | Mental health legal status | 270351 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Involuntary patient | 2 | Voluntary patient | 3 | Not permitted to be reported under legislative arrangements in the jurisdiction |
| |
- | Total psychiatric care days | 270300 | Number
[5]
| N[NNNN] Total number of days. | DSS specific information: Total days in psychiatric care must be: ≥ zero; and ≤ length of stay. |
- | Principal diagnosis | 270187 | String
[6]
| ANN{.N[N]} The ICD-10-AM (3rd edition) code set representing diagnoses. | DSS specific information: The principal diagnosis is a major determinant in the classification of Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups and Major Diagnostic Categories. Where the principal diagnosis is recorded prior to discharge (as in the annual census of public psychiatric hospital patients), it is the current provisional principal diagnosis. Only use the admission diagnosis when no other diagnostic information is available. The current provisional diagnosis may be the same as the admission diagnosis. |
- | Australian State/Territory identifier (establishment) | 269941 | Number
[1]
| 1 | New South Wales | 2 | Victoria | 3 | Queensland | 4 | South Australia | 5 | Western Australia | 6 | Tasmania | 7 | Northern Territory | 8 | Australian Capital Territory | 9 | Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory) |
| DSS specific information: This data element applies to the location of the establishment and not to the patient's area of usual residence.
|
- | Establishment number | 269975 | Number
[5]
| NNNNN A combination of numeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Region code | 269940 | String
[2]
| X[X] A combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Establishment sector | 269977 | Number
[1]
| | |
- | Care type | 270174 | Number
[3]
| 1.0 | Acute care (Admitted care) | 2.0 | Rehabilitation care (Admitted care) | 2.1 | Rehabilitation care delivered in a designated unit (optional) | 2.2 | Rehabilitation care according to a designated program (optional) | 2.3 | Rehabilitation care is the principal clinical intent (optional) | 3.0 | Palliative care | 3.1 | Palliative care delivered in a designated unit (optional) | 3.2 | Palliative care according to a designated program (optional) | 3.3 | Palliative care is the principal clinical intent (optional) | 4.0 | Geriatric evaluation and management | 5.0 | Psychogeriatric care | 6.0 | Maintenance care | 7.0 | Newborn care | 8.0 | Other admitted patient care | 9.0 | Organ procurement - posthumous (Other care) | 10.0 | Hospital boarder (Other care) |
| |
- | Activity when injured | 268950 | String
[5]
| ANNNN
The ICD-10-AM (3rd edition) code set representing the type of activity being undertaken when injured. | DSS specific information: To be used with ICD-10-AM external cause codes. |
- | External cause - admitted patient | 268945 | String
[6]
| ANN{.N[N]}
The ICD-10-AM (3rd edition) code set representing external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effect. | DSS specific information: As a minimum requirement, the external cause codes must be listed in the ICD-10-AM classification. |
- | Place of occurrence of external cause of injury | 268948 | String
[6]
| ANN{.N[N]}
The ICD-10-AM (3rd edition) code set representing the place where the external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effect occurred. | DSS specific information: To be used with ICD-10-AM external cause codes. |
- | Hospital insurance status | 270253 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Hospital insurance | 2 | No hospital insurance | 9 | Unknown |
| |
- | Area of usual residence | 270070 | Number
[5]
| NNNNN The ASGC (2004) code set representing geographical location. | |
- | Country of birth | 270277 | Number
[4]
| NNNN A SACC code set representing a country. | |
- | Date of birth | 287007 | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: This field must not be null. National Minimum Data Sets: For the provision of State and Territory hospital data to Commonwealth agencies this field must: - be less than or equal to Admission date, Date patient presents or Service contact date
- be consistent with diagnoses and procedure codes, for records to be grouped.
|
- | Medicare eligibility status | 270093 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Eligible | 2 | Not eligible | 9 | Not stated/unknown |
| |
- | Indigenous status | 291036 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| |
- | Person identifier | 290046 | String
[20]
| XXXXXX[X(14)]
A logical combination of valid alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Sex | 287316 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | Intersex or indeterminate | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| |
- | Weight in grams (measured) | 310245 | Number
[4]
| NNNN Total number of grams. | DSS specific information: For the provision of state and territory hospital data to Commonwealth agencies this metadata item must be consistent with diagnoses and procedure codes for valid grouping. Weight on the date the infant is admitted should be recorded if the weight is less than or equal to 9000g and age is less than 365 days. |