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Data Element Detail

Non-admitted patient ED service episode-triage category
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040978 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
01-Mar-2005		Superseded
21-Dec-2009
Standard
01-Jul-2003
30-Jun-2010
The urgency of the patient's need for medical and nursing care.
Emergency department care
Triage category
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Resuscitation: immediate (within seconds)
2Emergency: within 10 minutes
3Urgent: within 30 minutes
4Semi-urgent: within 60 minutes
5Non-urgent: within 120 minutes
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
This triage classification is to be used in the emergency departments of hospitals. Patients will be triaged into one of five categories on the National Triage Scale according to the triageur's response to the question: 'This patient should wait for medical care no longer than ...?'.

The triage category is allocated by an experienced registered nurse or medical practitioner. If the triage category changes, record the more urgent category.
Required to provide data for analysis of emergency department processes.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient ED service episode-triage categoryQH 040978 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient ED service episode-triage date/timeQH 042211 Version 1Draft
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionEmergency Data Collection (EDC)QH 020159 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded23-Oct-200630-Jun-2010
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data elements:
Triage category, Identifier NHDD 000355, Health standard 01/07/2003 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=273236&nodeId=file41fd72abbe52b&fn=Triage%20category,%20version%201,%20DE,%20NHDD,%20NHIMG,%20Superseded%2001/03/2005.pdf
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode-triage category, code N, Identifier 270078, Health standard 01/03/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/270078/meteorItemView/long
CRDI; CRDI EDC; ED; Emergency department; Emergency patient; Triage;