Urgency related group major diagnostic block code N[AA]

Value Domain Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Value Domain
Synonymous names:	URG major diagnostic block
METEOR identifier:	496718
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
Definition:	A code set representing the cluster to which a patient diagnosis has been grouped.

Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	String
Format:	N[AA]
Maximum character length:	3
Permissible values:	Value Meaning 1A Poisoning, comatose 1B Poisoning, conscious 1C Drug reaction 1D Alcohol/drug abuse and alcohol/drug induced mental disorders 2A Injury, multiple sites 2B Injury, single site, major 2Ba Injury, single site, minor 3A Circulatory system illness 3B Respiratory system illness 3C Digestive system illness 3D Urological illness 3E Neurological illness 3F Illness of the eyes 3G Illness of the ear, nose and throat 3H Musculoskeletal/connective tissue illness 3I Illness of skin, subcutaneous tissue, breast 3J Blood/immune system illness 3K Obstetric illness 3L Gynaecological illness 3M Male reproductive system illness 3N System infection/parasites 3O Illness of other and unknown systems 3P Newborn/neonate 3Q Hepatobiliary system illness 4 Psychiatric illness 5 Social problem 6 Other presentation

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Reference documents:	Jelinek G (1994). Case-mix Classification of Patients Attending Hospital Emergency Departments in Perth Western Australia. Doctor of Medicine Thesis. Perth Australia. University of Western Australia.

Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Urgency related group major diagnostic block code N[AA] Health, Standard 11/04/2014 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/06/2020
Data elements implementing this value domain:	Emergency department stay—urgency related group major diagnostic block, code N[AA] Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012