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Episode of admitted patient care—intended length of hospital stay, code N

Definition

The intention of the responsible clinician at the time of the patient's admission to hospital or at the time the patient is placed on an elective surgery waiting list, to discharge the patient either on the day of admission or a subsequent date, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Episode of admitted patient care—intended length of hospital stay, code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Intended length of care code N ".
Data Type Number
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Intended same-day
2 Intended overnight

Comments

Origin:
National Health Data Committee

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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As a denominator in an Indicator 0
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