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Data Element Detail

Elective procedure waiting list episode-specialty (of unit of admission) (QHAPDC)
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040095 v4
Data Element
Derived Data Element
Draft
06-Oct-2017		Current
30-Jan-2018		Superseded
15-Jul-2019
Standard
Information Management Strategic Governance Committee (IMSGC), Queensland Health
01-Jul-2016
30-Jun-2018
The specialty area of the unit to which the patient will be assigned upon admission for their elective procedure.
Elective surgery/Waiting list
Specialty of admission unit (QHAPDC)
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Code
N(2)
2
2
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
01Cardiothoracic surgery
02Otolaryngology head and neck surgery
03General surgery
04Gynaecology surgery
05Neurosurgery
06Ophthalmology surgery
07Orthopaedic surgery
08Plastic and reconstructive surgery
09Urological surgery
10Vascular surgery
11Other - surgical
12Paediatric surgery
90Other - non-surgical
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

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Collection and Usage Attributes
The specialty is one object in a hierarchy that describes the unit to which the patient will be assigned upon their admission for a planned procedure.

Dependent upon the planned procedure and the treating doctor, a unit will be assigned to the patient which is the location in the hospital where the patient will be admitted before and/or after their procedure.

Generally, in Queensland public hospitals, the patient is assigned to a treating doctor, who is mapped to a treating doctor unit, which is mapped to a standard unit code, which is mapped to a specialty. All mappings are done on a 'best fit' basis, reflecting the majority of activity within a unit.
Must not be null with admitted patient elective surgery admission records.
For national reporting of the Elective surgery waiting list episode-surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor) (NHDD) data element the following mapping occurs:
Code 01 Cardiothoracic surgery is mapped to code 01 Cardio-thoracic surgery.
Code 02 Otolaryngology head and neck surgery is mapped to code 02 Otolaryngology head and neck surgery.
Code 03 General surgery is mapped to code 03 General surgery.
Code 04 Gynaecology surgery is mapped to code 04 Gynaecology surgery.
Code 05 Neurosurgery is mapped to code 05 Neurosurgery.
Code 06 Ophthalmology is mapped to code 06 Ophthalmology surgery.
Code 07 Orthopaedic surgery is mapped to code 07 Orthopaedic surgery.
Code 08 Plastic and reconstructive surgery is mapped to code 08 Plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Code 09 Urological surgery is mapped to code 09 Urological surgery.
Code 10 Vascular surgery is mapped to code 10 Vascular surgery.
Code 11 Other - surgical is mapped to code 11 Other.
Code 12 Paediatric surgery is mapped to code 12 Paediatric surgery.

Code 90 Non-surgical data does not form part of the NMDS data element, Elective surgery waiting list episode-surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor) (NHDD).

This data element is only supplied by Public Hospital Services.
From 2016-2017, the NMDS data element has been revised to describe the surgical specialties as aligned to the specialties recognised by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. This specifically expands the data domain to include paediatric surgery as a unique code.

The Healthcare Improvement Unit (HIU) decided that describing the surgical specialty as the specialty area of the unit to which the patient will be assigned upon admission, would be more useful to retain in reporting and evaluating operational service areas, than describing the surgical specialty as the qualification of the treating doctor. It is expected that changing over from the existing description to the new would result in reduced granularity, particularly in the expected homogenisation of paediatric surgery. Queensland will continue to use this data element as the source for reporting to the NMDS data element.

Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementDerived Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor)QH 040095 Version 3Superseded
Has been superseded byData ElementDerived Data ElementElective procedure waiting list episode-specialty (of unit of admission) (QHAPDC)QH 040095 Version 5Current
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementPlanned unit for elective surgery waiting list patientQH 040353 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptElective surgery waiting list episodeQH 041716 Version 1Current
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201630-Jun-2018
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2016-2017QH 020314 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201630-Jun-2017
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2017-2018QH 020329 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201730-Jun-2018
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Elective surgery waiting list episode-surgical specialty (of scheduled doctor), code NN, Indicator 605195, Health standard 19/11/2015 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/605195/meteorItemView/long
Elective surgery; Specialty; Waiting list;