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Episode of admitted patient care—clinical assessment only indicator, yes/no/unknown code N

Definition

An indicator of whether an episode of admitted patient care resulted in the patient undergoing a clinical assessment only, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Episode of admitted patient care—clinical assessment only indicator, yes/no/unknown code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Yes/no/unknown/not stated/inadequately described code N ".
Data Type Number
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Yes
2 No
Supplementary Values 3 Unknown
9 Not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

An episode of care is regarded as ‘assessment only’ if a patient was seen for clinical assessment only and no treatment or further intervention was planned by the assessing clinical team.

CODE 1 Yes

This code is used when the patient was assessed by a clinical team but received no treatment during an episode. These episodes are usually of short duration, normally less than 3 days.

CODE 2 No

This code is used when the patient was assessed and then goes on to receive treatment.

CODE 3 Unknown

This code is used when it is unknown whether the patient was seen for assessment only.

CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described

This code is used when it is has not been reported whether the patient was seen for assessment only.

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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