- | Australian postcode | String
[4]
| 0097 | Not applicable | 0098 | Unknown | 0099 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| DSS specific information: To be reported for the address of the patient. |
- | Emergency service additional diagnosis | String
[6]
| ANN{.N[N]}
The ICD-10-AM (12th edn) code set representing diagnoses. | Conditional obligation: This data element is only required to be reported when at least one additional diagnosis is present for the emergency service stay. |
- | Emergency service clinical care commencement date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward);
- Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
- Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
- Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency service episode was completed;
- Code 6 - Died in emergency service.
|
- | Emergency service clinical care commencement time | Date/Time
[4]
| hhmm
A valid time measured as hours and minutes using a 24 hour clock. | Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward);
- Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
- Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
- Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency service episode was completed;
- Code 6 - Died in emergency service.
|
- | Emergency service episode end date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | |
- | Emergency service stay episode end status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward) | 2 | Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital | 3 | Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission | 4 | Did not wait to be attended by a health care professional | 5 | Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the emergency service episode was completed | 6 | Died in emergency service | 7 | Dead on arrival | 8 | Registered, advised of another health care service, and left the emergency service without being attended by a health care professional |
| |
- | Emergency service episode end time | Date/Time
[4]
| hhmm
A valid time measured as hours and minutes using a 24 hour clock. | |
- | Emergency service physical departure date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | |
- | Emergency service physical departure time | Date/Time
[4]
| hhmm
A valid time measured as hours and minutes using a 24 hour clock. | |
- | Emergency service presentation date | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | |
- | Emergency service presentation time | Date/Time
[4]
| hhmm
A valid time measured as hours and minutes using a 24 hour clock. | |
- | Emergency service stay principal diagnosis | String
[6]
| ANN{.N[N]}
The International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification, 11th edition (ICD-10-AM 11th edn) code set representing principal diagnoses in an emergency department setting. | Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward);
- Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
- Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
- Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency service episode was completed;
- Code 6 - Died in emergency service.
|
- | Length of emergency service episode | Number
[5]
| NNNNN Total number of minutes. | |
- | Emergency service stay transport arrival mode | Number
[1]
| 1 | Ambulance, air ambulance or helicopter rescue service | 2 | Police/correctional services vehicle | 8 | Other | 9 | Not stated/unknown |
| |
- | Emergency service stay triage category | Number
[1]
| 1 | Resuscitation: immediate (within seconds) | 2 | Emergency: within 10 minutes | 3 | Urgent: within 30 minutes | 4 | Semi-urgent: within 60 minutes | 5 | Non-urgent: within 120 minutes |
| Conditional obligation: This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Emergency presentation
- Code 2 - Return visit, planned
- Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission
|
- | Emergency service date of triage | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | Conditional obligation: This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Emergency presentation
- Code 2 - Return visit, planned
- Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission
|
- | Emergency service time of triage | Date/Time
[4]
| hhmm
A valid time measured as hours and minutes using a 24 hour clock. | Conditional obligation: This data item is required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Emergency presentation
- Code 2 - Return visit, planned
- Code 3 - Pre-arranged admission
|
- | Type of visit to emergency service | Number
[1]
| 1 | Emergency presentation | 2 | Return visit, planned | 3 | Pre-arranged admission | 5 | Dead on arrival |
| |
- | Emergency service waiting time to clinical care commencement | Number
[5]
| NNNNN Total number of minutes. | Conditional obligation: This data item is only required to be reported if the value for Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N is recorded as: - Code 1 - Admitted to this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or non-emergency service hospital ward);
- Code 2 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital;
- Code 3 - Non-admitted patient emergency service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission;
- Code 5 - Left at own risk after being attended by a health care professional but before the non-admitted patient emergency service episode was completed;
- Code 6 - Died in emergency service.
|
- | Department of Veterans' Affairs funding indicator | Boolean
[1]
| | |
- | Establishment identifier | String
[9]
| NNX[X]NNNNN A combination of numeric and alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | DSS specific information: Establishment sector component of organisation identifier to be reported as: - Public (excluding psychiatric hospitals)
- Private (excluding free-standing day hospital facilities)
- Public psychiatric
- Private free-standing data hospital facility
|
- | Compensable status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Compensable | 2 | Non-compensable | 9 | Not stated/not known |
| |
- | Area of usual residence (SA2) | String
[9]
| N(9)
A code set representing a medium-sized general purpose area aggregated from whole Statistical Area Level 1s (SA1s). | |
- | Country of birth | Number
[4]
| NNNN
The Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC 2016) code set representing a country. | |
- | Date of birth | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY The day of a particular month and year. | DSS specific information: For the provision of state and territory hospital data to Australian Government agencies this field must: - be less than or equal to Admission date, Date patient presents or Service contact date
- be consistent with diagnoses and procedure codes, for records to be grouped.
|
- | Gender of a person | String
[1]
| 1 | Man, or boy, or male | 2 | Woman, or girl, or female | 3 | Non-binary | 4 | Different term | 5 | Prefer not to answer | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: This data element is collected on a Conditional basis with the element Person—sex, code X. Data must be reported for at least one of the two elements, either Sex or Gender. Data may be reported for both elements. |
- | Indigenous status | Number
[1]
| 1 | Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin | 2 | Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin | 3 | Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin | 4 | Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| |
- | Person identifier | String
[20]
| XXXXXX[X(14)] A logical combination of valid alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |
- | Sex of a person | String
[1]
| 1 | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | Another term | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| Conditional obligation: This data element is collected on a Conditional basis with the element Person—gender, code X. Data must be reported for at least one of the two elements, either Sex or Gender. Data may be reported for both elements. DSS specific information: In the ESC NBEDS a person’s sex is understood to be reported as at the time of data collection. |
- | Record identifier (80 character maximum) | String
[80]
| X[X(79)] A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. | |