Patient—clinical emergency indicator, yes/no code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Clinical emergency indicator |
| METEOR identifier: | 448126 |
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| Definition: | An indicator of whether the treatment required for the patient is clinically assessed as an emergency, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Patient—clinical emergency indicator |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||
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| Data type: | Boolean | ||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||
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Collection and usage attributes | |||||||
| Guide for use: | CODE 1 Yes The treating clinician has assessed the waiting time for treatment cannot exceed 24 hours. CODE 2 No The treating clinician has assessed the waiting time for treatment can exceed 24 hours. | ||||||
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| Related metadata references: | See also Person with cancer—clinical emergency indicator, code A
See also Person with cancer—clinical emergency indicator, code A
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Health, Superseded 13/11/2013 Health, Superseded 13/11/2013 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Health, Standard 25/01/2018 | ||||||
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