Episode of admitted patient care—clinical assessment only indicator, yes/no/unknown/not stated/inadequately described code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Clinical assessment only indicator |
| Synonymous names: | Assessment only indicator |
| METEOR identifier: | 550492 |
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| Definition: | An indicator of whether an episode of admitted patient care resulted in the patient undergoing a clinical assessment only, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Episode of admitted patient care—clinical assessment only indicator |
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| Representation class: | Code | |||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | |||||||||
| Format: | N | |||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | |||||||||
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| Guide for use: | An episode of care is regarded as ‘assessment only’ if a patient was seen for clinical assessment only and no treatment or further intervention was planned by the assessing clinical team. CODE 1 Yes This code is used when the patient was assessed by a clinical team but received no treatment during an episode. These episodes are usually of short duration, normally less than 3 days. CODE 2 No This code is used when the patient was assessed and then goes on to receive treatment. CODE 8 Unknown This code is used when it is unknown whether the patient was seen for assessment only. CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described This code is used when it is has not been reported whether the patient was seen for assessment only. | |||||||||
Source and reference attributes | ||||||||||
| Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority | |||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Episode of admitted patient care—clinical assessment only indicator, yes/no/unknown code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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