Emergency department stay—urgency related group major diagnostic block, code N[AA]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Urgency related group major diagnostic block |
| Synonymous names: | URG major diagnostic block |
| METEOR identifier: | 684509 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/06/2020 |
| Definition: | The urgency related group (URG) major diagnostic block category into which the patient's emergency department diagnosis is grouped, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Emergency department stay—urgency related group major diagnostic block |
| Value Domain: | Urgency related group major diagnostic block code N[AA] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | N[AA] | |
| Maximum character length: | 3 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Poisoning |
| 1C | Drug reaction | |
| 1D | Alcohol/drug abuse and alcohol/drug induced mental disorders | |
| 2A | Injury, multiple sites | |
| 2B | Injury, single site, major | |
| 2Ba | Injury, single site, minor | |
| 3A | Circulatory system illness | |
| 3B | Respiratory system illness | |
| 3C | Digestive system illness | |
| 3D | Urological system illness | |
| 3E | Neurological system illness | |
| 3F | Illness of the eyes | |
| 3G | Illness of the ear, nose and throat | |
| 3H | Musculoskeletal/connective tissue system illness | |
| 3I | Illness of skin, subcutaneous tissue, breast | |
| 3J | Blood/immune system illness | |
| 3K | Obstetric illness | |
| 3L | Gynaecological illness | |
| 3M | Male reproductive system illness | |
| 3N | System infection/parasites | |
| 3O | Illness of other and unknown systems | |
| 3P | Newborn/neonate illness | |
| 3Q | Hepatobiliary system illness | |
| 3R | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic system illness | |
| 3S | Allergy | |
| 4 | Psychiatric illness | |
| 5 | Social problem | |
| 6 | Other presentation | |
| Supplementary values: | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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| Reference documents: | Jelinek G 1994. Case-mix Classification of Patients Attending Hospital Emergency Departments in Perth Western Australia. Doctor of Medicine Thesis. Perth: University of Western Australia. |
Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Emergency department stay—urgency related group major diagnostic block, code N[AA] Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Emergency department clinical related data elements (TDLU) cluster Tasmanian Health, Standard 18/05/2021 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Retired 19/11/2019 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 |