Elective surgery waiting list episode—intended procedure, waiting list procedure (Tasmanian TWLPC) code NN[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Intended procedure |
| Synonymous names: | indicator procedure |
| METEOR identifier: | 450936 |
| Registration status: | Tasmanian Health, Standard 08/12/2016 |
| Definition: | The Tasmanian (TWLPC) procedure for which a patient has been placed on an elective surgery waiting list, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Elective surgery waiting list episode—intended procedure |
| Value Domain: | Tasmanian waiting list procedure code (TWLPC) code NN[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Classification scheme: | Tasmanian waiting list procedure code (TWLPC) | |
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| Representation class: | Code | |
| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | NN[N] | |
| Maximum character length: | 3 | |
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| Comments: | Elective surgery comprises care where the procedures required by patients are listed in the surgical operations section of the Medicare benefits schedule, with the exclusion of specific procedures frequently done by non-surgical clinicians. Patients awaiting the following procedures are out of the scope for elective surgery reporting:
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