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Definition
A code set representing the status of a patient at the end of a non-admitted patient emergency department service episode.
Representation
| Data Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Format | N |
| Maximum character length | 1 |
Values
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permissible Values | 4 | Did not wait to be attended by a health care professional | ||
| 1 | Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward) | |||
| 2 | Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital | |||
| 3 | Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission | |||
| 5 | Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed | |||
| 6 | Died in emergency department as a non-admitted patient | |||
| 7 | Dead on arrival, emergency department clinician certified the death of the patient |
Comments
Guide for use:
CODE 1 Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency department hospital ward)
This code includes patients who are admitted to this hospital and subsequently die before leaving the emergency department.
CODE 2 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital
This code includes patients who departed under their own care, under police custody, under the care of a residential aged care facility or other carer.
This code excludes those who died in the emergency department as a non-admitted patient. Such instances should be coded to Code 6.
References
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| Relation | Count |
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| Data Elements implementing this Value Domain | 0 |