Emergency department short stay unit departure destination code N
Value Domain Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Value Domain |
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METEOR identifier: | 560008 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 04/09/2014 |
Definition: | A code set representing the destination of a patient when they physically depart from an emergency department short stay unit. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | 1 | Another location in the same hospital |
8 | Other |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 1 Another location in the same hospital To be recorded for a patient who is transferred from an emergency department short stay unit to another admitted patient ward in the same hospital, or to an operating theatre. This excludes transfers to discharge/transit lounges or transfers to hospital-in-the-home. CODE 8 Other To be recorded for a patient who has not been transferred from an emergency department short stay unit to another admitted patient ward in the same hospital. This includes transfers to discharge/transit lounges or transfers to hospital-in-the-home. Where a patient has been assigned Code 8, their Mode of separation should be used to determine their departure destination from an emergency department short stay unit. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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