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

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Emergency department service episode end status
METEOR identifier:	474159
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016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:	The status of the patient at the end of the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode, as represented by a code.
Context:	Emergency department care.
Data Element Concept:	Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

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.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Episode end status should be recorded when Episode end date and Episode end time are recorded.

Collection methods:

Some data systems may refer to this data element as 'Departure status'.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Activity based funding: Emergency department care DSS 2013-2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 01/03/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Activity based funding: Emergency service care DSS 2013-2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Activity based funding: Emergency service care DSS 2014-15 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 14/01/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Activity based funding: Emergency service care DSS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016

Emergency department care activity based funding DSS 2012-2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Emergency services activity based funding DSS 2012-2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 11/04/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2016

Implementation in Indicators:

Used as Numerator

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: After-hours emergency department attendances, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: In-hours emergency department attendances, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Percentage of patients who commenced treatment within clinically recommended time 2014 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016

National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: Admission to hospital from emergency departments Health, Standard 15/06/2012

National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: Unplanned re-attendances to the emergency department within 48 hours of previous attendances Health, Standard 07/08/2014

Used as Denominator

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion seen on time, 2016 Health, Superseded 31/01/2017

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: Proportion seen on time, 2017 Health, Superseded 30/01/2018

National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: Admission to hospital from emergency departments Health, Standard 15/06/2012

National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: Unplanned re-attendances to the emergency department within 48 hours of previous attendances Health, Standard 07/08/2014

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

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