Appointment—outcome, code AAA

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Appointment outcome code
Synonymous names:	APP_OUTCOME_CODE
METEOR identifier:	509381
Registration status:	WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
Definition:	The code that represents the attendance of the patient at the appointment, the reason why the appointment did not occur or the future activity that will be performed at the end of the appointment.
Data Element Concept:	Appointment—outcome

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

String

Format:

AAA

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
ADM	Admit to ward
ARV	Arrived
CAN	Cancelled
CON	Chart only
COU	Counselling of relatives
DEC	Deceased in clinic
DIE	Deceased
DIS	Discharge from clinic
PAE	Patient arrived in error
PAL	Patient late not seen
PDA	Patient did not attend
PLN	Patient left not seen
PRI	Private referral
RAS	Refer to other specialty
REA	Reappointment
RED	Refer to Emergency Department
REV	Further review
RGP	Referred back to General Practitioner
ROH	Refer to other hospital
RTW	Return to ward
RWL	Refer to Inpatient Wait List

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
NSP	Not specified
UNK	Outcome/Attendance unknown

Guide for use:

Only appointment records with an outcome code of ARV (Arrived) can be used to determine a non-admitted patient service event.

All other outcome codes indicate that the appointment is not a non-admitted patient service event.

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