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Definition
A code set representing the types of emergency department visits.
Representation
| Data Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Format | N |
| Maximum character length | 1 |
Values
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permissible Values | 1 | Emergency presentation: attendance for an actual or suspected condition which is sufficiently serious to require acute unscheduled care. | ||
| 2 | Return visit, planned: presentation is planned and is a result of a previous emergency department presentation or return visit. | |||
| 3 | Pre-arranged admission: a patient who presents at the emergency department for either clerical, nursing or medical processes to be undertaken, and admission has been pre-arranged by the referring medical officer and a bed allocated. | |||
| 4 | Patient in transit: the emergency department is responsible for care and treatment of a patient awaiting transport to another facility. | |||
| 5 | Dead on arrival: a patient who is dead on arrival and an emergency department clinician certifies the death of the patient. | |||
| 1 | Emergency presentation: attendance for an actual or suspected condition which is sufficiently serious to require acute unscheduled care. | |||
| 2 | Return visit, planned: presentation is planned and is a result of a previous emergency department presentation or return visit. | |||
| 3 | Pre-arranged admission: a patient who presents at the emergency department for either clerical, nursing or medical processes to be undertaken, and admission has been pre-arranged by the referring medical officer and a bed allocated. | |||
| 4 | Patient in transit: the emergency department is responsible for care and treatment of a patient awaiting transport to another facility. | |||
| 5 | Dead on arrival: a patient who is dead on arrival and an emergency department clinician certifies the death of the patient. |
References
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| Relation | Count |
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| Data Elements implementing this Value Domain | 0 |