Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, (Tasmanian) code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Triage category |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 729154 |
Registration status:![]() | Tasmanian Health, Standard 25/05/2020 |
Definition:![]() | The urgency of the patient's need for medical and nursing care as assessed at triage, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category |
Value Domain:![]() | Triage category (Tasmanian) code N |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | CODE 8 Short stay bounce This code should now be used by all Tasmanian Emergency Departments. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use:![]() | Triage categories from 1 to 5 are sourced from the Australasian Triage Scale. Triage category 0 and 8 are used to record patient information for Tasmanian emergency departments internal use only. This enables recording of the episode so that the activity can be included or excluded from emergency department activity reporting, depending on requirement. This triage classification is to be used in the emergency departments of hospitals. Patients will be triaged into one of seven categories on the Tasmanian Triage Scale. If the initial triage category changes, both triage categories can be captured, but the initial triage category is used for reporting purposes. |
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Collection methods:![]() | It refers to [TriageCategoryRefId] field in Health Central. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, (Tasmanian) code N Tasmanian Health, Superseded 25/05/2020 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Emergency department presentation related data elements (TDLU) cluster Tasmanian Health, Standard 18/05/2021 Tasmanian Emergency Department Data Set - 2020 Tasmanian Health, Standard 15/06/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 |