Emergency department non-admitted patient service episode end status code N
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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METEOR identifier: | 551280 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 |
Definition: | A code set representing the status of a patient at the end of a non-admitted patient emergency department service episode. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 1 Transferred for admitted patient care in this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit) This code should only be used for patients who physically depart the emergency department because they are admitted to a short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit. Patients for whom the intention is to admit to a short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit, but who die or otherwise leave the emergency department should not be recorded as Code 1. This code excludes patients who died in the emergency department. Such instances should be coded to Code 6. CODE 2 Emergency department stay completed - departed without being transferred to a short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit in this hospital or referred to another hospital This code includes patients who either departed under their own care, under police custody, under the care of a residential aged care facility or under the care of another carer. This code excludes patients who died in the emergency department. Such instances should be coded to Code 6. CODE 6 Died in emergency department This code should only be used for patients who die while physically located within the emergency department. CODE 7 Dead on arrival This code should only be used for patients who are dead on arrival and an emergency department clinician certifies the death of the patient. This includes where the clinician certifies the death outside the emergency department (e.g. in an ambulance outside the emergency department). Exclusion: When resuscitation or any other clinical care for the patient is attempted, Code 7 should not be used. Note: Where Code 7 is recorded for a patient, a Type of visit to emergency department Code 5 (Dead on arrival) should also be recorded. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee - Emergency Data Development Working Group |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Emergency department non-admitted patient service episode end status code N Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Has been superseded by Emergency department non-admitted patient service episode end status code N Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 |
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Data elements implementing this value domain: | Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 |