Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG (v1.3) code [X]N[N]
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Urgency related group |
| Synonymous names: | URG |
| METEOR identifier: | 498030 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority | ||||||
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| 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. | ||||||
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. | ||||||
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| Related metadata references: | See also Emergency department stay—urgency related group major diagnostic block, code N[AA]
Supersedes Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG (v1.2) code [X]N[N]
Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG (v1.4) code [X]N[N]
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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