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Data Element Detail

Elective surgery waiting list episode-reason for removal from a waiting list
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040373 v5
Data Element
Data Element
Draft
12-Jun-2014		Current
04-Aug-2014		Superseded
29-Jan-2018
Standard
01-Jul-2014
30-Jun-2016
The reason why a patient is removed from the elective surgery waiting list.
Elective surgery/Waiting list
Reason for removal from elective surgery waiting list
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Code
N(2)
2
2
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
01Admitted and treated as an elective patient for awaited procedure in this hospital
02Admitted and treated as an emergency patient for awaited procedure in this hospital
03Could not be contacted
04Treated elsewhere for awaited procedure
05Surgery not required or declined
06Transferred to another hospital's waiting list
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

CodeDescription
99Not stated/unknown
Collection and Usage Attributes
Code 01 Admitted and treated as an elective patient for awaited procedure in this hospital
Patients undergoing the awaited procedure whilst admitted for another reason are to be coded this code.

Code 02 Admitted and treated as an emergency patient for awaited procedure in this hospital
This code identifies patients who were admitted ahead of their normal position in the queue because the condition requiring treatment deteriorated whilst waiting. Admission as an emergency patient could also be due to other causes such as inappropriate urgency rating, delays in the system, or unpredicted biological variation.

Code 03 Could not be contacted
Includes patients who have died while waiting whether or not the cause of death was related to the condition requiring treatment.

Code 04 Treated elsewhere for awaited procedure
This code would be used where surgery was undertaken other than by or on behalf of this hospital or the state/territory; for example, the patient has accessed surgery as a private patient in a private hospital.

Code 05 Surgery not required or declined

These codes provide an indication of the amount of clerical audit of the waiting lists. Code 04 gives an indication of patients treated other than as a patient of the hospital's waiting list. The awaited procedure may have been performed as an emergency or as an elective procedure.

Code 06 Transferred to another hospital's waiting list
This code identifies patients who were transferred from one hospital's elective surgery waiting list to that of another hospital. The waiting time on the waiting lists at the initial hospital and subsequent hospitals should be combined for national reporting.

Code 99 Not stated/unknown
This code identifies patients removed from the elective surgery waiting list for reasons not stated or unknown.
For national reporting of the Elective surgery waiting list episode-reason for removal from a waiting list (NHDD) data element the following mapping occurs:
Code 01 Admitted and treated as an elective patient for awaited procedure in this hospital is mapped to code 1 Admitted as an elective patient for awaited procedure by or on behalf of this hospital or the state/territory.
Code 02 Admitted and treated as an emergency patient for awaited procedure in this hospital is mapped to code 2 Admitted as an emergency patient for awaited procedure by or on behalf of this hospital or the state/territory.
Code 03 Could not be contacted is mapped to code 3 Could not be contacted (includes patients who have died while waiting whether or not the cause of death was related to the condition requiring treatment).
Code 04 Treated elsewhere for awaited procedure is mapped to Code 4 Treated elsewhere for awaited procedure, but not on behalf of this hospital or the state/territory.
Code 05 Surgery not required or declined is mapped to code 5 Surgery not required or declined.
Code 06 Transferred to another hospital's waiting list is mapped to code 6 Transferred to another hospital's waiting list.
Code 99 Not stated/unknown is mapped to code 9 Not known.
Routine admission for the awaited procedure is only one reason why patients are removed from the waiting list. Each reason for removal provides different information. These data are necessary to augment census and throughput data. For example, after an audit the numbers of patients on a list would be expected to reduce. If an audit were undertaken immediately prior to a census the numbers on the list may appear low and not in keeping with the number of additions to the list and patients admitted from the list.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData ElementReason for removal from waiting list (admitted patient)QH 040373 Version 4Superseded
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-reason for removal from a waiting list (QHAPDC)QH 040373 Version 6Current
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementPatient-waiting list status (HBCIS)QH 041723 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-waiting list removal dateQH 040983 Version 2Current
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 CollectionElective Surgery Data Collection (ESDC)QH 020110 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2016
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2016
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Elective surgery waiting list episode-reason for removal from a waiting list, code N, Indicator 471735, Health standard 13/12/2011 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/471735/meteorItemView/long
Elective surgery; Removal; Waiting list;