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Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termType of visit to emergency department
METEOR identifier:Help on this term684942
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Definition:Help on this term

The reason a patient presents to an emergency department, as represented by a code.

Context:Help on this term

Emergency department care.

Data Element Concept:Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department

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
1Emergency presentation
2Return visit, planned
3Pre-arranged admission
5Dead on arrival

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 1   Emergency presentation

Where a patient presents to the emergency department for an actual or suspected condition which is sufficiently serious to require acute unscheduled care. This includes patients awaiting transit to another facility who receive clinical care in the emergency department, and patients for whom resuscitation is attempted.

Exclusion: Where patients are awaiting transit to another facility and do not receive clinical care in the emergency department, the patient should not be recorded.

CODE 2   Return visit, planned

Where a patient presents to the emergency department for a return visit, as a result of a previous emergency department presentation (Code 1) or return visit (Code 2). The return visit may be for planned follow-up treatment, as a consequence of test results becoming available indicating the need for further treatment, or as a result of a care plan initiated at discharge.

Exclusion: Where a visit follows general advice to return if feeling unwell, this should not be recorded as a planned visit.

CODE 3   Pre-arranged admission

Where a patient presents to the emergency department for an admission to either a non-emergency department ward or other admitted patient care unit that has been arranged prior to the patient's arrival, and the patient receives clinical care in the emergency department.

Exclusion: Where a patient presents for a pre-arranged admission and only clerical services are provided by the emergency department, the patient should not be recorded.

CODE 5   Dead on arrival

This code should only be used for patients who are dead on arrival and an emergency department clinician certifies the death of the patient. This includes where the clinician certifies the death outside the emergency department (e.g. in an ambulance outside the emergency department).

Exclusion: Where resuscitation of the patient is attempted, this should be recorded as an emergency presentation (Code 1).

Note: Where Code 5 is recorded for a patient, an Episode end status Code 7 (Dead on arrival) should also be recorded.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

Required for analysis of emergency department services.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee

Origin:Help on this term

National Health Data Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
See also Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service, code N
  • Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
See also Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service, code N
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
See also Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service, code N
  • Health, Superseded 17/10/2018
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2018-19
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NBEDS 2019–20
Health, Retired 19/11/2019

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2018-19
ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2019–20
Health, Superseded 18/12/2019

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2020–21
Health, Superseded 05/02/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2021–22
Health, Superseded 20/10/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022


Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.5–Waiting times for emergency department care: proportion seen on time, 2019 Health, Standard 09/04/2020

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.5–Waiting times for emergency department care: proportion seen on time, 2019 Health, Standard 09/04/2020

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.5–Waiting times for emergency department care: proportion seen on time, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.5–Waiting times for emergency department care: proportion seen on time, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.6–Waiting times for emergency department care: waiting times to commencement of clinical care, 2019 Health, Standard 09/04/2020

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.6–Waiting times for emergency department care: waiting times to commencement of clinical care, 2019 Health, Standard 09/04/2020

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.6–Waiting times for emergency department care: waiting times to commencement of clinical care, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.6–Waiting times for emergency department care: waiting times to commencement of clinical care, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 19–Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 19–Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 19–Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 19–Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 19–Selected potentially avoidable GP-type presentations to emergency departments, 2022 Health, Standard 24/09/2021

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion seen on time, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion seen on time, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion seen on time, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion seen on time, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion seen on time, 2022 Health, Standard 24/09/2021

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.5–Waiting times for emergency department care: proportion seen on time, 2019 Health, Standard 09/04/2020

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.5–Waiting times for emergency department care: proportion seen on time, 2019 Health, Standard 09/04/2020

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.5–Waiting times for emergency department care: proportion seen on time, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.5–Waiting times for emergency department care: proportion seen on time, 2020 Health, Standard 13/10/2021

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion seen on time, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion seen on time, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion seen on time, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion seen on time, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21a–Waiting times for emergency hospital care: proportion seen on time, 2022 Health, Standard 24/09/2021

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