DSS specific information:

To be reported for the address of the patient.

Conditional obligation:

This data element is only required to be reported when at least one additional diagnosis is present for the emergency service stay. 

Conditional obligation:

This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N  is recorded as:

• Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward);
• Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
• Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
• Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency service episode was completed;
• Code 6 - Died in emergency service.

Conditional obligation:

This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N  is recorded as:

• Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward);
• Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
• Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
• Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency service episode was completed;
• Code 6 - Died in emergency service.

Conditional obligation:

This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N is recorded as:

• Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward);
• Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
• Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
• Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency service episode was completed;
• Code 6 - Died in emergency service.

Conditional obligation:

This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service, code N is recorded as:

• Code 1 - Emergency presentation
• Code 2 - Return visit, planned
• Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission

Conditional obligation:

This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service, code N is recorded as:

• Code 1 - Emergency presentation
• Code 2 - Return visit, planned
• Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission

Conditional obligation:

This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service, code N is recorded as:

• Code 1 - Emergency presentation
• Code 2 - Return visit, planned
• Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission

Conditional obligation:

This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N  is recorded as:

• Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward);
• Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
• Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
• Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency service episode was completed;
• Code 6 - Died in emergency service.

DSS specific information:

Establishment sector component of organisation identifier to be reported as:

1. Public (excluding psychiatric hospitals)
2. Private (excluding free-standing day hospital facilities)
3. Public psychiatric
4. Private free-standing data hospital facility

DSS specific information:

For the provision of state and territory hospital data to Australian Government agencies this field must:

• be less than or equal to Admission date, Date patient presents or Service contact date
• be consistent with diagnoses and procedure codes, for records to be grouped.

Conditional obligation:

This data element is collected on a Conditional basis with the element Person—sex, code X. Data must be reported for at least one of the two elements, either Sex or Gender.

Data may be reported for both elements.

Conditional obligation:

This data element is collected on a Conditional basis with the element Person—gender, code X. Data must be reported for at least one of the two elements, either Sex or Gender.

Data may be reported for both elements.

DSS specific information:

In the ESC NBEDS a person’s sex is understood to be reported as at the time of data collection.