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Definition
The urgency of the patient's need for medical and nursing care as assessed at triage, as represented by a code.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptNon-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category
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Object ClassNon-admitted patient emergency department service episode
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PropertyTriage category
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Value DomainTriage category code N
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Triage category code N ".Data Type | Number |
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Format | N |
Maximum character length | 1 |
Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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Permissible Values | 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 |
Comments
Origin:
National Triage Scale, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine