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Elective surgery

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METeOR identifier:	568780
Registration status:	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
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Elective surgery Health, Superseded 12/06/2015 See also Emergency surgery Health, Standard 12/06/2015, Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 01/12/2016 See also Other surgery Health, Standard 12/06/2015, Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 01/12/2016, ACT Health, Final 19/07/2018
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Admitted patient care NBEDS 2020-21 Health, Standard 18/12/2019 Admitted patient care NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Admitted patient care NMDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Admitted patient care NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 ACT Health, Final 09/08/2018 Admitted patient care NMDS 2019-20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Admitted patient care NMDS 2020–21 Health, Standard 18/12/2019 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.2–Waiting times for elective surgery: waiting times in days, 2019 Health, Standardisation pending 03/12/2019 Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.5.4–Waiting times for elective surgery: percentage waited more than 365 days, 2019 Health, Standardisation pending 03/12/2019 Elective care type code N Health, Standard 12/06/2015 ACT Health, Final 08/08/2018 Elective care waiting list episode—category reassignment date Health, Standard 12/06/2015 Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 02/12/2016 ACT Health, Final 08/08/2018 Elective care waiting list episode—category reassignment date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 19/11/2015 Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 02/12/2016 ACT Health, Final 08/08/2018 Elective care waiting list episode—category reassignment date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Elective surgery code NN Health, Standard 19/11/2015 ACT Health, Final 03/08/2018 Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency Health, Standard 12/06/2015 Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 01/12/2016 ACT Health, Final 19/07/2018 Elective surgery waiting list episode—clinical urgency, code N Health, Standard 12/06/2015 ACT Health, Final 03/08/2018 Elective surgery waiting list episode—intended procedure, code NNN Health, Superseded 21/08/2019 ACT Health, Final 03/08/2018 Elective surgery waiting list episode—intended procedure, code NNN Health, Standard 21/08/2019 Elective surgery waiting list episode—intended procedure, code NNN Health, Superseded 29/06/2016 Elective surgery waiting list episode—intended procedure, code NNN Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 07/12/2016 Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 ACT Health, Final 03/08/2018 Elective surgery waiting list episode—overdue patient status, code N Health, Standard 18/12/2019 Elective surgery waiting list episode—reason for removal from a waiting list, code N Health, Standard 25/01/2018 ACT Health, Final 03/08/2018 Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor), code NN Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Elective surgery waiting list episode—surgical specialty of scheduled doctor, code NN Health, Standard 12/12/2018 ACT Health, Final 03/08/2018 Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at a census date), total days N[NNN] Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 02/12/2016 ACT Health, Final 08/08/2018 Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at removal), total days N[NNN] Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 02/12/2016 ACT Health, Final 15/02/2019 Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time at a census date, total days N[NNN] Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 ACT Health, Final 09/08/2018 Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time at a census date, total days N[NNN] Health, Standard 18/12/2019 Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time at removal, total days N[NNN] Health, Standard 18/12/2019 Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time at removal, total days N[NNN] Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 ACT Health, Final 09/08/2018 Elective surgery waiting times (census data) NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Elective surgery waiting times (census data) NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 29/06/2016 Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 29/06/2016 Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 ACT Health, Final 03/08/2018 Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Elective surgery waiting times NMDS 2020–21 Health, Standard 18/12/2019 Emergency surgery Health, Standard 12/06/2015 Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 01/12/2016 Episode of admitted patient care—unplanned admission to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) following elective surgery indicator Health, Standard 04/09/2015 Episode of admitted patient care—unplanned admission to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) following elective surgery indicator, Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Health, Standard 04/09/2015 Intended procedure Health, Standard 19/11/2015 Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 08/12/2016 ACT Health, Final 19/07/2018 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 20a–Waiting times for elective surgery: waiting times in days, 2018 Health, Superseded 19/06/2019 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 20a–Waiting times for elective surgery: waiting times in days, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 20a–Waiting times for elective surgery: waiting times in days, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 20b–Waiting times for elective surgery: proportion seen on time, 2018 Health, Superseded 19/06/2019 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 20b–Waiting times for elective surgery: proportion seen on time, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 20b–Waiting times for elective surgery: proportion seen on time, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020 Other surgery Health, Standard 12/06/2015 Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 01/12/2016 ACT Health, Final 19/07/2018 Unplanned admission to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) following elective surgery indicator Health, Standard 04/09/2015

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