Episode of admitted patient care—separation mode, code NN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Mode of separation |
| METEOR identifier: | 722644 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 30/04/2020 |
| Definition: | Status at separation of person (discharge/transfer/death) and place to which person is released, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Episode of admitted patient care—separation mode |
| Value Domain: | Separation mode code NN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | NN | |
| Maximum character length: | 2 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 10 | Discharge/transfer to (an)other acute hospital |
| 21 | Discharge/transfer to a residential aged care service, which is not the usual place of residence | |
| 22 | Discharge/transfer to a residential aged care service, which is the usual place of residence | |
| 30 | Discharge/transfer to (an)other psychiatric hospital | |
| 40 | Discharge/transfer to other health care accommodation (includes mothercraft hospitals) | |
| 50 | Statistical discharge - type change | |
| 60 | Left against medical advice/discharge at own risk | |
| 70 | Statistical discharge from leave | |
| 80 | Died | |
| 90 | Other (includes discharge to usual residence (not including residential aged care), own accommodation/welfare institution (includes prisons, hostels and group homes providing primarily welfare services)) | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | CODE 40 Discharge/transfer to other health care accommodation (includes mothercraft hospitals) In jurisdictions where mothercraft facilities are considered to be acute hospitals, patients separated to a mothercraft facility should have a mode of separation of Code 10. If the residential aged care service is the patient's place of usual residence then they should have a mode of separation of Code 22. |
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Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Origin: | National Health Data Committee |
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Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Episode of admitted patient care—separation mode, code N Health, Superseded 30/04/2020 See also Episode of admitted patient care—emergency department short stay unit departure destination, code N Health, Standard 04/09/2014 See also Episode of mental health care—episode end mode, code N[N{.N}] Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 See also Episode of mental health care—episode end mode, code N[N{.N}] Health, Standard 17/12/2021 |
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