Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Emergency department service episode end status |
| METEOR identifier: | 322641 |
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| Definition: | The 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 |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | 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. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing | ||||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | A 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: | Some data systems may refer to this data element as 'Departure status'. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing | ||||||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N
Supersedes Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—patient departure status, code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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