Non-admitted patient service event—first service event indicator, yes/no code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Health, Standard 07/10/2020

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Collection and usage attributes

Record whether the non-admitted patient service event is the first non-admitted patient service event for a specific patient at this non-admitted patient service, following a service request.

Service requests include:

• formal referral from a health-care provider, such as a general practitioner or specialist, or from a hospital, such as an emergency department, and
• self-referral or attendance at a walk-in clinic.

CODE 1   Yes

Includes all first non-admitted patient service events, including reviews when they are initiated through a new service request.

If the service request is for services from multiple non-admitted patient services, irrespective of whether the patient has attended another non-admitted patient service, if it is the patient's first service event with this non-admitted patient service, a Yes should be recorded.

CODE 2   No

Includes non-admitted patient service events that involve follow up or clinical review service events that occur without a new service request.

A No should be recorded for a service event:

• following a service request made solely to enable the continuation of non-admitted patient services because an earlier service request has expired; and
• where a first service event was recorded following the earlier service request.

Treatment under a service request involves a first non-admitted patient service and any continuing management/treatment/review up to the stage where the patient is discharged from the care of the non-admitted patient service.

Source and reference attributes

Measurement of Access Time to Elective Surgery (MATES) Working Group

Relational attributes