Emergency department stay—transport mode (arrival), code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Emergency department arrival mode transport |
| METEOR identifier: | 746114 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 20/10/2021 |
| Definition: | The mode of transport by which the person arrives at the emergency department, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Emergency department stay—transport mode |
| Value Domain: | Transport mode code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Ambulance, air ambulance or helicopter rescue service |
| 2 | Police/correctional services vehicle | |
| 8 | Other | |
| Supplementary values: | 9 | Not stated/unknown |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | CODE 1 Ambulance, air ambulance or helicopter rescue service Excludes private ambulance CODE 8 Other Use for transport by other means, including (but not limited to) private transport, public transport, community transport, private ambulance, taxi and walking. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Emergency department stay—transport mode (arrival), code N Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 07/02/2023 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2024–25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 |