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Emergency department

Glossary Item Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term745042
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Definition:Help on this term

An emergency department provides triage, assessment, care and/or treatment for patients suffering from medical condition/s and/or injury.

Emergency departments provide care in facilities which meet all of the following criteria: 

  • purposely designed and equipped area with designated assessment, treatment and resuscitation areas
  • ability to provide resuscitation, stabilisation and initial management of all emergencies
  • availability of medical staff in the hospital 24 hours a day
  • designated emergency department nursing staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and a designated emergency department nursing unit manager.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Emergency department
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 08/12/2016
See also Emergency service
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Ambulatory care
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
Emergency department stay—additional diagnosis
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 11th edn) ANN{.N[N]}
  • Health, Superseded 20/12/2022
Emergency department stay—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM Twelfth edition) ANN{.N[N]}
  • Health, Standard 20/12/2022
Emergency department stay—physical departure date
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—physical departure date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Emergency department stay—physical departure date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023
Emergency department stay—physical departure time
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—physical departure time, hhmm
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Emergency department stay—physical departure time, hhmm
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023
Emergency department stay—presentation date
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Emergency department stay—presentation time
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Emergency department stay—principal diagnosis
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—principal diagnosis, emergency care (ICD-10-AM Twelfth Edition) principal diagnosis short list code ANN{.N[N]}
  • Health, Standard 20/12/2022
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Emergency department stay—principal diagnosis, Emergency Department (ICD-10-AM 11th Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short List code ANN{.N[N]}
  • Health, Superseded 20/12/2022
Emergency department stay—transport mode
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—transport mode (arrival), code N
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—waiting time
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Emergency department stay—waiting time, total minutes NNNNN
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Emergency department visit type code N
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2022–23
  • Health, Superseded 07/02/2023
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2023–24
  • Health, Standard 07/02/2023
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2024–25
  • Health, Qualified 08/09/2023
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement date
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement time
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement time, hhmm
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end date
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end time
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end time, hhmm
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length, total minutes NNNNN
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, code N
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time, hhmm
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2022–23
  • Health, Superseded 20/12/2022
Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2023–24
  • Health, Standard 20/12/2022
Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2024–25
  • Health, Qualified 08/09/2023
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