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Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termClinical urgency
METEOR identifier:Help on this term598034
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
Definition:Help on this term

A clinical assessment of the urgency with which a patient requires elective surgery, as represented by a code.

Data Element Concept:Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Procedures that are clinically indicated within 30 days
2Procedures that are clinically indicated within 90 days
3Procedures that are clinically indicated within 365 days

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee

Reference documents:Help on this term

AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2013. National definitions for elective surgery urgency categories: proposal for the Standing Council on Health. Cat. no. HSE 138. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 30 July 2015. http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129543979

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Patients who require an elective procedure should be assigned an urgency category by the treating clinician. The urgency category should be:

  • appropriate to the patient and their clinical situation
  • not influenced by the availability of hospital or surgeon resources.
Comments:Help on this term

The treating clinician is the clinician with responsibility for the patient at the time of urgency categorisation.

The clinical situation of the patient is taken to encompass the patient's medical condition and the patient's life circumstances, including issues related to activity limitations, restrictions in participation in employment and other life situations, carer responsibilities and access to carer and other supports.

A patient's classification may change if he or she undergoes clinical review during the waiting period. The need for clinical review varies with the patient's condition and is therefore at the discretion of the treating clinician. The waiting list information system should be able to record dates when the classification is changed (metadata item Elective care waiting list episode—category reassignment date, DDMMYYYY).

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee

Reference documents:Help on this term

AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) 2013. National definitions for elective surgery urgency categories: proposal for the Standing Council on Health. Cat. no. HSE 138. Canberra: AIHW. http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129543979

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
See also Elective care waiting list episode—category reassignment date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Standard 05/02/2021
See also Elective care waiting list episode—category reassignment date, DDMMYYYY
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/12/2016
See also Elective care waiting list episode—category reassignment date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Superseded 19/11/2015
Has been superseded by Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N
  • Health, Standard 05/02/2021
Supersedes Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N
  • Health, Superseded 12/06/2015
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
  • Tasmanian Health, Incomplete 13/09/2012
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 16/06/2020
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 03/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 16/06/2020
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N
  • Health, Superseded 19/11/2015
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at a census date), total days N[NNN]
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 16/06/2020
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time at a census date, total days N[NNN]
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time at a census date, total days N[NNN]
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 16/06/2020
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Elective surgery waiting times (census data) NMDS 2015-16Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016


Elective surgery waiting times (census data) NMDS 2016-17Health, Superseded 29/06/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016


Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2015-16Health, Superseded 19/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 01/06/2016


Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2016-17Health, Superseded 29/06/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016


Elective surgery waiting times clusterHealth, Superseded 05/10/2016

Elective surgery waiting times clusterHealth, Superseded 25/01/2018

Elective surgery waiting times clusterACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

Elective surgery waiting times clusterHealth, Superseded 18/12/2019

Elective surgery waiting times clusterHealth, Superseded 05/02/2021

Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2016-17Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017


Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2017-18Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2018-19ACT Health (retired), Candidate 03/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2019–20Health, Superseded 18/12/2019

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2020–21Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


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