Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Emergency department principal diagnosis |
Synonymous names: | ED principal diagnosis code |
METEOR identifier: | 728005 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 18/06/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 07/11/2023 |
Definition: | The diagnosis established at the conclusion of the patient's attendance in an emergency department to be mainly responsible for occasioning the attendance following consideration of clinical assessment, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Emergency department stay—principal diagnosis |
Value Domain: | Emergency Department (ICD-10-AM 11th Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short List code ANN{.N[N]} |
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Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Emergency Department International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification, Principal Diagnosis Short List 11th edition | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | String | |
Format: | ANN{.N[N]} | |
Maximum character length: | 6 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Reference documents: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority 2020. Emergency Department ICD-10-AM (Eleventh Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short List - User guide. Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Sydney. Viewed 24 April 2020, https://www.ihpa.gov.au/what-we-do/classifications/emergency-care/emergency-department-icd-10-am-principal-diagnosis-short-list |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The phrase 'at the conclusion' in the definition refers to evaluation of findings interpreted by the clinician available at the end of the emergency department stay. This may include information gained from the history of illness, any mental status evaluation, specialist consultations, physical examinations, diagnostic tests or procedures, surgical procedures and pathological or radiological examinations. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Related metadata references: | Supersedes Emergency department stay—principal diagnosis, Emergency Department (ICD-10-AM 11th Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short List code ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 17/07/2020 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023 Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—principal diagnosis, Emergency Department (ICD-10-AM 11th Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short List code ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 07/11/2023 See also Emergency department stay—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 11th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Conditional obligation: The reporting of this data element is conditional for those attendances where the value recorded for Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status is reported as either: Code 4 - Did not wait to be attended by a health care professional; |