Health, Standard 12/06/2015 Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 01/12/2016 ACT Health, Final 19/07/2018
Definition:
Elective surgery is planned surgery that can be booked in advance as a result of a specialist clinical assessment resulting in placement on an elective surgery waiting list.
Context:
Admitted patient care
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:
Surgery is defined as procedures listed in the surgical operations section of the Commonwealth Medicare Benefits Schedule.
Surgery is classified as either emergency surgery, elective surgery or other surgery on the basis of a patient's presentation and subsequent care (not by time periods to surgery).
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:
National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee
