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Non-admitted patient ED service episode-triage category

Identifying and Definitional Attributes

Identifier & Version

QH 040978 v4

Metadata Item Type

Data Element

Data Element Type

Data Element

Approval Status

Current
30-Jan-2012

Approval Type

Standard

Approving Authority

Effective From

01-Jul-2012

Effective To

Definition

The urgency of the patient's need for medical and nursing care as assessed at triage.

Context

Emergency department care

Short Name

Triage category

Name in Other Contexts

Representational Attributes

Datatype

Numeric

Representation Class

Code

Format

Minimum Character Length

Maximum Character Length

Permissible Values

Permissible_values

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

Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

Collection and Usage Attributes

Guide for Use

New

Verification Rules

Collection Methods

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, both triage categories can be captured, but the original category must be reported in this data element.

A triage category should not be assigned for patients who have a Type of visit of 'Dead on arrival, emergency department clinician certified the death of the patient'.

Comments

Required to provide data for analysis of emergency department processes.

Relational Attributes

Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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View	Relationship	Metadata Item Type	Metadata Item Subtype	Name	Identifier & Version	Approval Status
	Supersedes	Data Element	Data Element	Non-admitted patient ED service episode-triage category	QH 040978 Version 3	Superseded
	Relates to	Data Element	Data Element	Non-admitted patient ED service episode-triage date/time	QH 042211 Version 1	Draft

Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

1 - 4

Metadata Item Type	Metadata Item Subtype	Name	Identifer & Version	Obligation	Approval Status	Effective From	Effective To
Information Asset	Data Collection	Emergency Data Collection (EDC)	QH 020159 Version 3	Conditional	Draft	01-Jul-2021
Information Asset	Data Collection	Emergency Data Collection (EDC)	QH 020159 Version 2	Conditional	Current	01-Jul-2019	30-Jun-2021
Information Asset	Data Collection	Emergency Data Collection (EDC)	QH 020159 Version 1	Mandatory	Superseded	01-Jul-2012	30-Jun-2019
Data Supply Requirement	HHS Service Agreement	Emergency Data Collection (EDC) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019	QH 020431 Version 1	Conditional	Superseded	01-Jul-2018	30-Jun-2019

Data Quality Declaration

Source and Reference Attributes

Source Organisation

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Source Document

METeOR data elements:
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode-triage category, code N, Identifier 474185, Health standard 30/01/2012 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/474185/meteorItemView/long
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode-triage category, code N, Identifier 646659, Health standard 05/10/2016 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/646659/meteorItemView/long
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode-triage category, code N, Identifier 684872, Health standard 25/01/2018 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/684872/meteorItemView/long

Keywords

CRDI; CRDI EDC; ED; Emergency department; Emergency patient; Triage;