Emergency service stay—triage category, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Emergency service stay triage category |
METEOR identifier: | 645869 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 25/01/2018 |
Definition: | The urgency of the patient's need for medical and nursing care as assessed at triage, as represented by a code. |
Context: | Emergency service care. |
Data Element Concept: | Emergency service stay—triage category |
Value Domain: | Triage category code N |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | This triage classification is to be used in the emergency services of hospitals. Patients will be triaged into one of five categories on the Australasian Triage Scale according to the triageur's response to the question: 'This patient should wait for medical care no longer than ...?'. The triage category is allocated by an experienced registered nurse or medical practitioner. If the triage category changes, both triage categories can be captured, but the original category must be reported in this data element. A triage category should not be assigned for patients if Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service, code N is coded 5 (i.e. Dead on arrival). |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | Australasian Triage Scale, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine |
Reference documents: | Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 2013. Policy on the Australasian Triage Scale (P06). Melbourne: Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. Viewed 5 August 2016, https://www.acem.org.au/getattachment/693998d7-94be-4ca7-a0e7-3d74cc9b733f/Policy-on-the-Australasian-Triage-Scale.aspx Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 2016. Guidelines on the implementation of the Australasian Triage Scale in Emergency Department (G24). Melbourne: Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Viewed 20 September 2016, https://www.acem.org.au/getattachment/4320524e-ad60-4e7c-a96d-bdf90cd7966c/G24-Implementation-of-the-Australasian-Triage-Scal.aspx |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Emergency service stay—triage category, code N Health!, Superseded 18/12/2019 See also Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, code N Health!, Superseded 25/01/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Activity based funding: Emergency service care NBEDS 2017-18 Health!, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 |