Urgency Related Group classification (version 1.4)
Classification Scheme Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Classification Scheme |
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| Synonymous names: | URG |
| METEOR identifier: | 743560 |
| Registration status: | Tasmanian Health, Standard 04/05/2021 |
| Definition: | A classification for the reasons for patient attendance at an emergency department and the complexity of cases that an emergency department treats. |
| Classification structure: | Episodes of care are grouped initially on the basis of episode end status (also known as 'disposition'):
Within the disposition categories of admitted and non-admitted, episodes are grouped further based on the urgency of a patient's need for care (as reported by triage category) and the patient's diagnosis. For example:
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Department of Health Tasmania |
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| Origin: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority Urgency Related Groups and Urgency Disposition Groups | IHPA |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Urgency Related Group classification (version 1.3) Health, Standard 07/02/2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 |
| Value Domains based on this classification scheme: | Urgency Related Group (v1.4) code [X]N[N] Tasmanian Health, Standard 04/05/2021 |