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Data Element Detail

Radiation therapy treatment-clinical priority category
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 041935 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Draft
11-Nov-2015		Current
01-Mar-2016
Standard
01-Jul-2015
A clinical assessment of the priority with which a patient requires the commencement of radiation therapy treatment.
Radiation therapy treatment
Clinical priority category
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Emergency care
2High priority care
3Planned care
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Assigning the clinical priority category is a clinical decision made by the radiation oncologist.

The Clinical priority category provided must be the Clinical priority category at the time the radiotherapy treatment started.

Code 1 Emergency care
The treating clinician has assessed that the waiting time for commencement of treatment cannot exceed 24 hours.

This is an extremely small group of people with cancer for whom emergency, same day radiation treatment is required and given within 24 hours. Examples of this would include malignant spinal cord compression, uncontrolled bleeding or mediastinal / airway compression threatening imminent death.

Code 2 High priority care
The treating clinician has assessed that the waiting time for commencement of treatment should not exceed 14 days.

This is a large group of people with cancer who broadly fall in two categories: people being treated for a cure where there is evidence that a delay to commence within this time frame will adversely affect the outcome; and people who have pressing cancer symptoms such as pain and endure personal suffering or other complications as a consequence of delay.

Code 3 Planned care
The treating clinician has assessed that the waiting time for the commencement of treatment should not exceed 28 days.

This is a large group of people with cancer who need planned radiation treatment as a major part of their cancer care. Often this course of radiation treatment is combined with surgery and chemotherapy and can be planned for in advance.
Must not be null.
Must be a valid value.
This data element is mapped to the Patient-clinical emergency indicator as follows:
Code 1 (Emergency care) is mapped to Code 1 (Yes)
Code 2 (High priority care) is mapped to Code 2 (No)
Code 3 (Planned care) is mapped to Code 2 (No)
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptRadiation therapy treatmentQH 041932 Version 1Current
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionRadiation Therapy Data Collection (RTDC)QH 020274 Version 3MandatoryDraft01-Jul-2021
Information AssetData CollectionRadiation Therapy Data Collection (RTDC)QH 020274 Version 2MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-201930-Jun-2021
Information AssetData CollectionRadiation Therapy Data Collection (RTDC)QH 020274 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201530-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementRadiation Therapy Data Collection (RTDC) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2017-2018QH 020288 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201730-Jun-2018
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementRadiation Therapy Data Collection (RTDC) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020434 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementRadiation Therapy Data Collection (RTDC) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020622 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementRadiation Therapy Data Collection (RTDC) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020687 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Source and Reference Attributes
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Management of Waiting Lists in Radiation Oncology: http://www.ranzcr.edu.au/about/faculty-of-radiation-oncology/faculty-initiatives/radiation-therapy-waiting-times
Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy; Waiting time;