Emergency department non-admitted patient service episode end status code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Value Domain
METEOR identifier:	474155
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Definition:	A code set representing the status of a patient at the end of a non-admitted patient emergency department service episode.

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Code

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Value	Meaning
1	Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward)
2	Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital
3	Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission
4	Did not wait to be attended by a health care professional
5	Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed
6	Died in emergency department as a non-admitted patient
7	Dead on arrival, emergency department clinician certified the death of the patient

Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	CODE 1 Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward) This code includes patients who are admitted to this hospital and subsequently die before leaving the emergency department. 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. This code excludes those who died in the emergency department as a non-admitted patient. Such instances should be coded to Code 6.

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward)

This code includes patients who are admitted to this hospital and subsequently die before leaving the emergency department.

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.

This code excludes those who died in the emergency department as a non-admitted patient. Such instances should be coded to Code 6.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Emergency department non-admitted patient service episode end status code N Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Supersedes Emergency department non-admitted patient service episode end status code N Health, Superseded 30/01/2012
Data elements implementing this value domain:	Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

Emergency department non-admitted patient service episode end status code N

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