Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time, hhmm

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Time of triage
Synonymous names:	Triage time
METEOR identifier:	746636
Registration status:	Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Definition:	The time at which a non-admitted patient in an emergency department is triaged, expressed as hhmm.
Context:	Emergency department care.
Data Element Concept:	Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time
Value Domain:	Time hhmm

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Time
Data type:	Date/Time
Format:	hhmm
Maximum character length:	4

Source and reference attributes
Reference documents:	Standards Australia 2019. Date and time -- Representations for information interchange AS ISO 8061-1:2019 and 8061-2:2019, Standards Australia, NSW

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	This data item is not required to be reported if the value for Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N is recorded as 5 Dead on arrival.
Collection methods:	Collected in conjunction with the data element Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date, DDMMYYYY
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time, hhmm Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/03/2023 See also Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, code N Health, Standard 20/10/2021 See also Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/03/2023
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Emergency department presentation related data elements (TDLU) cluster Tasmanian Health, Standard 13/11/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 07/02/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Conditional obligation: This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N is recorded as: Code 1 - Emergency presentation Code 2 - Return visit, planned Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Superseded 06/12/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Conditional obligation: This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N is recorded as: Code 1 - Emergency presentation Code 2 - Return visit, planned Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Standard 06/12/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Conditional obligation: This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N is recorded as: Code 1 - Emergency presentation Code 2 - Return visit, planned Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission Tasmanian Emergency Department Data Set - 2023 Tasmanian Health, Standard 23/11/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Conditional obligation: If applicable