Definition
A clinical intervention that:
- is surgical in nature, and/or
- carries a procedural risk, and/or
- carries an anaesthetic risk, and/or
- requires specialised training, and/or
- requires special facilities or equipment only available in an acute care setting.
Components
Data Element
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Data Element Concept (this item)Episode of admitted patient care—procedure
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Object ClassEpisode of admitted patient care
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PropertyProcedure
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Conceptual DomainNone
Comments
Context:
This metadata item gives an indication of the extent to which specialised resources, for example, human resources, theatres and equipment, are used. It also provides an estimate of the numbers of surgical operations performed and the extent to which particular procedures are used to resolve medical problems. It is used for classification of episodes of acute care for admitted patients into Australian refined diagnosis related groups.
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Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept | 6 |