Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Clinical urgency |
METEOR identifier: | 598034 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 |
Definition: | 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: | Clinical urgency code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee |
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Reference documents: | 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: | Patients who require an elective procedure should be assigned an urgency category by the treating clinician. The urgency category should be:
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Comments: | 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: | National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee |
Reference documents: | 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: | Supersedes Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N Health, Superseded 12/06/2015 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Has been superseded by Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N Health, Standard 05/02/2021 See also Elective care waiting list episode—category reassignment date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 05/02/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 28/03/2023 See also Elective care waiting list episode—category reassignment date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 28/03/2023 See also Elective care waiting list episode—category reassignment date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 28/03/2023 See also Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N 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] 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] 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, Superseded 28/03/2023 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Elective surgery waiting times (census data) NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2016 Elective surgery waiting times (census data) NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 29/06/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 01/06/2016 Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 29/06/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Elective surgery waiting times cluster Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Elective surgery waiting times cluster Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Elective surgery waiting times cluster Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Elective surgery waiting times cluster Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Elective surgery waiting times cluster Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 |
Implementation in Indicators: | Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.2–Waiting times for elective surgery: waiting times in days, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.2–Waiting times for elective surgery: waiting times in days, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.3–Waiting times for elective surgery: proportion admitted within clinically recommended time, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/10/2021 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.3–Waiting times for elective surgery: proportion admitted within clinically recommended time, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 20b–Waiting times for elective surgery: proportion seen on time, 2018 Health, Superseded 19/06/2019 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 20b–Waiting times for elective surgery: proportion seen on time, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 20b–Waiting times for elective surgery: proportion seen on time, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020 |