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Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termEmergency department service episode end status
METEOR identifier:Help on this term322641
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 22/12/2011
Definition:Help on this termThe status of the patient at the end of the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status

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
1Admitted to this hospital (including to units or beds within the emergency department)
2Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital
3Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission
4Did not wait to be attended by a health care professional
5Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed
6Died in emergency department as a non-admitted patient
7Dead on arrival, not treated in emergency department

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 2     Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital

This code includes patients who departed under their own care, under police custody, under the care of a residential aged care facility or other carer. Code 2 excludes those who died in the emergency department, which should be coded to Code 6.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this termA non-admitted patient emergency department service episode ends when either the patient is admitted or, if the patient is not to be admitted, when the patient is recorded as ready to leave the emergency department or when they are recorded as having left at their own risk.
Collection methods:Help on this termSome data systems may refer to this data element as 'Departure status'.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N
  • Health, Superseded 30/01/2012
Supersedes Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—patient departure status, code N
  • Health, Superseded 24/03/2006
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

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 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


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: 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 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

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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