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Data Element Detail

Non-admitted patient ED service episode-episode end status (EDC)
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 042678 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Draft
11-Aug-2017
Standard
Information Management Strategic Governance Committee (IMSGC), Queensland Health
01-Jul-2006
26-Mar-2023
The status of the patient at the end of the non-admitted patient emergency department/service episode.
Emergency department care
Emergency episode end status (HIU)
Discharge disposition (CCDR)
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N[N]
1
2
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Admitted
10Admitted to short stay unit
11Admitted to Hospital in the Home service
12Returned to Hospital in the Home service
13Hospital in the Home patient transferred to ward
14Registered, triaged and referred elsewhere without receiving care
2Emergency department service episode completed and discharged
3Transferred to another hospital
4Did not wait
5Left at own risk after treatment commenced
6Died in the emergency department/service
7Dead on arrival (no treatment provided in the emergency department/service)
8Admitted to the emergency department/service
9Admitted to observation ward
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
The episode end is when the emergency department/service episode was completed and no more care was actively provided to the patient. This data element describes the status of the patient at the end of this episode.

Code 1 Admitted
This code must be used where the patient was admitted to a hospital ward following the end of the episode. Although admission to a Short Stay Unit (code 10) and admission to a Hospital in the Home service (codes 11 and 12) are also admitted, these have been separated to provide more granularities in the Statewide dataset.

Code 2 Emergency service episode completed and discharged
This code must be used where the patient completed a non-admitted emergency service episode and was discharged from the hospital without admission or transfer.

Code 3 Transferred to another hospital
This code must be used where the patient completed a non-admitted emergency service episode and was transferred to another hospital for admission.

Code 4 Did not wait
This code must be used where the patient was registered and triaged with the intention to receive care in the emergency department/service but left before being attended by a health care professional.

Code 5 Left at own risk after treatment commenced
This code must be used where the patient was registered, triaged and received care in the emergency department/service and left after being attended by a health care professional but before the care was complete.

Code 6 Died in the emergency department/service
This code must be used where the patient died after arriving at the emergency department/service.

Code 7 Dead on arrival (no treatment provided in the emergency department/service)
This code must be used where the patient died before arriving at the emergency department/service.

Code 8 Admitted to the emergency department/service
This code must be used where the patient was admitted to a bed within the emergency department or service. This admission destination must be within the same area that the patient was treated for their emergency stay that is separate from the SSU and the observation ward.

Code 9 Admitted to observation ward
This code must be used where the patient was admitted to an observation ward that is separate from the area where the emergency stay occurred but is not a designated SSU.

Code 10 Admitted to Short Stay Unit
The code must be used where the patient was admitted to a Short Stay Unit (SSU). An SSU must conform to the definition described in the Emergency Department Short Stay Unit Guideline #QH-GDL-352:2014.

Code 11 Admitted to Hospital in the Home service
This code must be used where the patient received care in the emergency department/service as a non-admitted patient and at the episode end was admitted to a Hospital in the Home service.

Code 12 Returned to Hospital in the Home service
This code must be used where the patient was under the care of a Hospital in the Home service, received care in the emergency department/service and at the episode end returned to the Hospital in the Home service.

Code 13 Hospital in the Home patient transferred to ward
This code must be used where the patient was under the care of a Hospital in the Home service, received care in the emergency department/service and at the episode end was transferred to a hospital ward to continue the admitted patient episode.

Code 14 Registered, triaged and referred elsewhere without receiving care
This code must be used where the patient was registered and triaged and the emergency department/service advised of an alternative service, which the patient acted upon without receiving treatment in the emergency department/service. It includes only patients who, at the time of their departure, provided a reasonable indication that they intended to seek care from another health service. If it is unclear whether the person intends to seek treatment from another health service, but the patient was not present at the time of the offer of treatment provision, code 4 'Did not wait' should be used.
Emergency Data Collection (EDC):
Must not be blank.
Must be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14.

Clinical Costing Data Repository (CCDR):
Must not be null for Emergency Department service episode records.
For national reporting of the Non-admitted patient ED service episode-episode end status (NHDD) data element, the following mapping occurs:
Code 1 Admitted is mapped to code 1 Transferred for admitted patient care in this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit)
Code 2 Emergency service episode completed and discharged is mapped to code 2 Emergency department stay completed - departed without being transferred to a short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit in this hospital or referred to another hospital
Code 3 Transferred to another hospital is mapped to code 3 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode completed - referred to another hospital for admission
Code 4 Did not wait is mapped to code 4 Did not wait to be attended by a health care professional
Code 5 Left at own risk after treatment commenced is mapped to code 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
Code 6 Died in the emergency department/service is mapped to code 6 Died in emergency department
Code 7 Dead on arrival (no treatment provided in the emergency department/service) is mapped to code 7 Dead on arrival
Code 8 Admitted to the emergency department/service is mapped to code 1 Transferred for admitted patient care in this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit)
Code 9 Admitted to observation ward is mapped to code 1 Transferred for admitted patient care in this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit)
Code 10 Admitted to Short Stay Unit is mapped to code 1 Transferred for admitted patient care in this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit)
Code 11 Admitted to Hospital in the Home service is mapped to code 1 Transferred for admitted patient care in this hospital (either short stay unit, hospital-in-the-home or other admitted patient care unit)
Codes 12 Returned to Hospital in the Home service and 13 Hospital in the Home patient transferred to ward are excluded from national reporting as they are not in scope as admitted patients.
Code 14 Registered, triaged and referred elsewhere without receiving care to code 8 Registered, advised of another health care service, and left the emergency department without being attended by a health care professional.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

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Implementation in Metadata Sets

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionEmergency Data Collection (EDC)QH 020159 Version 3MandatoryDraft01-Jul-202126-Mar-2023
Information AssetData CollectionEmergency Data Collection (EDC)QH 020159 Version 2MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-201930-Jun-2021
Information AssetData CollectionEmergency Data Collection (EDC)QH 020159 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-200630-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementEmergency Data Collection (EDC) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020431 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode-episode end status, code N, Identifier 722382, Health Standard 19/11/2019 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/722382/meteorItemView/long
ED; Emergency department; Emergency patient; Episode status;