Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG (v1.3) code [X]N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Urgency related group |
Synonymous names: | URG |
METEOR identifier: | 498030 |
Registration status: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 Health!, Standard 07/02/2013 |
Definition: | A patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the number and types of patients treated in an emergency department, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Emergency department care—urgency related group |
Value Domain: | Urgency Related Group (v1.3) code [X]N[N] |
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Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Urgency Related Group classification (version 1.3) | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | String | |
Format: | [X]N[N] | |
Maximum character length: | 3 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Comments: | The urgency related group (URG) is derived from the urgency disposition group (UDG) which classifies patients into 12 groups based on disposition (admitted or discharged) and urgency (triage category 1-5), including a category for patients who did not wait for treatment as well as a category for patients who died. The URG classification system segments the UDG classification system further by using 26 major diagnostic blocks. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
Reference documents: | Jelinek G (1994). Case-mix Classification of Patients Attending Hospital Emergency Departments in Perth Western Australia. Doctor of Medicine Thesis. Perth Australia. University of Western Australia. |
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Related metadata references: | Supersedes Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG (v1.2) code [X]N[N] Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012 Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—urgency related group, URG (v1.4) code [X]N[N] Tasmanian Health, Standard 04/05/2021 See also Emergency department stay—urgency related group major diagnostic block, code N[AA] Health!, Superseded 11/04/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Activity based funding: Emergency department care DSS 2013-2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 01/03/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2013-14 Health!, Superseded 11/04/2014 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 |