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Definition
A code set representing the status of a patient at the end of a non-admitted patient emergency department service episode.
Representation
| Data Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Format | N |
| Maximum character length | 1 |
Values
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permissible Values | 1 | Admitted to this hospital (including to units or beds within the emergency department) | ||
| 2 | Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital | |||
| 3 | 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 non-admitted patient emergency department service episode was completed | |||
| 6 | Died in emergency department as a non-admitted patient | |||
| 7 | Dead on arrival, not treated in emergency department |
Comments
Guide for use:
CODE 2 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - departed without being admitted or referred to another hospital
This code includes patients who departed under their own care, under police custody and under the care of a residential aged care facility or other carer. Code 2 excludes those who died in the emergency department, which should be coded to Code 6.
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| Data Elements implementing this Value Domain | 0 |