Urgency Related Group (v1.4) code [X]N[N]
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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METEOR identifier: | 743562 |
Registration status: | Tasmanian Health, Standard 04/05/2021 |
Definition: | A code set (version 1.4) describing categories of episodes of care based on triage category, episode end status and major diagnostic block. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | [X]N[N] | |
Maximum character length: | 3 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health Tasmania |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Urgency Related Group (v1.3) code [X]N[N] Health, Standard 07/02/2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 |
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Data elements implementing this value domain: | Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG (v1.4) code [X]N[N] Tasmanian Health, Standard 04/05/2021 |
Classification scheme attributes | |
Classification scheme: | Urgency Related Group classification (version 1.4) |
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Synonymous names: | |
METEOR identifier: | 743560 |
Definition: | A classification for the reasons for patient attendance at an emergency department and the complexity of cases that an emergency department treats. |
Registration status: | Tasmanian Health, Standard 04/05/2021 |
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 |
Origin: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority Urgency Related Groups and Urgency Disposition Groups | IHPA |