Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Date of triage
Synonymous names:	Triage date
METEOR identifier:	684890
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 25/05/2020
Definition:	The date on which a non-admitted patient in an emergency department is triaged, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Context:	Emergency department care.
Data Element Concept:	Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Date

Data type:

Date/Time

Format:

DDMMYYYY

Maximum character length:

Guide for use:

This data element should not be completed for patients who have a Type of visit of 'Dead on arrival'.

Collection methods:

Submitting organisation:

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2018 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2019 *Conditional obligation:* This data item is to be recorded for patients who have one of the following Type of visit to emergency department permissible values recorded: Code 1 - Emergency presentation Code 2 - Return visit, planned Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2019 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2020 *Conditional obligation:* This data item is to be recorded for patients who have one of the following Type of visit to emergency department permissible values recorded: Code 1 - Emergency presentation Code 2 - Return visit, planned Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2018 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2019 *Conditional obligation:* This data item is to be recorded for patients who have one of the following Type of visit values recorded: Code 1 - Emergency presentation Code 2 - Return visit, planned Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2019 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2020 *Conditional obligation:* This data item is to be recorded for patients who have one of the following Type of visit values recorded: Code 1 - Emergency presentation Code 2 - Return visit, planned Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2020 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2021 *Conditional obligation:* This data item is required to be reported if the value forEmergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N is recorded as: Code 1 - Emergency presentation Code 2 - Return visit, planned Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2021 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2022 *Conditional obligation:* This data item is required to be reported if the value forEmergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N is recorded as: Code 1 - Emergency presentation Code 2 - Return visit, planned Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2020 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2021