Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG (v1.3) code [X]N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Urgency related group |
| Synonymous names: | URG |
| METEOR identifier: | 498030 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 07/02/2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 |
| Definition: | A patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the number and types of patients treated in an emergency department, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Emergency department care—urgency related group |
| Value Domain: | Urgency Related Group (v1.3) code [X]N[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Classification scheme: | Urgency Related Group classification (version 1.3) | |
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| Representation class: | Code | |
| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | [X]N[N] | |
| Maximum character length: | 3 | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | The urgency related group (URG) is derived from the urgency disposition group (UDG) which classifies patients into 12 groups based on disposition (admitted or discharged) and urgency (triage category 1-5), including a category for patients who did not wait for treatment as well as a category for patients who died. The URG classification system segments the UDG classification system further by using 26 major diagnostic blocks. |
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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: | Supersedes Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG (v1.2) code [X]N[N] Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012 Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG (v1.4) code [X]N[N] Tasmanian Health, Standard 04/05/2021 See also Emergency department stay—urgency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 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Activity based funding: Emergency department care DSS 2013-2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 01/03/2013 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 |