Mental health patient in ED/AAU/SSU receives treatment for an Yes - only for counting Yes stay – acute condition (eg, self harm) >3hrs transferred (discharged) to purposes PUC ET ET – event inpatient psychiatric unit (another facility) ED0x001A Mental health inpatient sustains an in hospital injury/accident/self N/A - ED harm etc transferred to ED receives treatment <3hrs then Yes DW No attendance only transferred back to inpatient psychiatric unit Mental health inpatient sustains an in hospital injury/accident/self Yes - only for counting Yes short stay DW – harm etc transferred to ED/AAU/SSU receives treatment >3hrs purposes PUC DW – event [Note 2] then transferred back to inpatient psychiatric unit ED0x001A Home hospital inpatient transferred to ED receives treatment N/A - ED <3hrs and is then transferred (discharged) back to home hospital Yes ET No attendance only services Home hospital inpatient transferred to ED/AAU/SSU receives Yes - only for counting Yes short stay – treatment >3hrs and is then transferred (discharged) back to purposes PUC ET ET – event home hospital services ED0x001A Short stay patients discharged from ED/AAU/SSU must have an event end type code reported to NNPAC and NMDS. The event end type code should be ‘E’ ‘E’ the same in both NNPAC and NMDS. Where patients are admitted to an inpatient ward from ED/AAU/SSU the NNPAC event end type code will always be DW Discharged to other service within same facility. Note 1: in ED/AAU/SSU receives treatment >3hrs admitted to Geriatric AT&R inpatient ward with health specialty code’. Older persons who present ‘Patient ‘D’ to ED with an acute condition who are admitted as an acute inpatient to a geriatric AT&R (older persons) inpatient ward with a health speciality code is not ‘D’ common practice. However where this does occur the reporting requirements are that a separate ED short stay event is to be reported with an event end type of DW Discharged to other service within same facility.
Mental health patient in ED/AAU/SSU receives treatment for an acute condition (eg, self harm) >3hrs transferred (discharged) to inpatient psychiatric unit (another facility) Yes - only for counting purposes – PUC ED0x001A ET Yes – stay event ET Mental health inpatient sustains an in hospital injury/accident/self harm etc transferred to ED receives treatment <3hrs then transferred back to inpatient psychiatric unit Yes DW No N/A - ED attendance only Mental health inpatient sustains an in hospital injury/accident/self harm etc transferred to ED/AAU/SSU receives treatment >3hrs then transferred back to inpatient psychiatric unit Yes - only for counting purposes – PUC ED0x001A DW Yes – short stay event DW [Note 2] Home hospital inpatient transferred to ED receives treatment <3hrs and is then transferred (discharged) back to home hospital services Yes ET No N/A - ED attendance only Home hospital inpatient transferred to ED/AAU/SSU receives treatment >3hrs and is then transferred (discharged) back to home hospital services Yes - only for counting purposes – PUC ED0x001A ET Yes – short stay event ET Short stay patients discharged from ED/AAU/SSU must have an ‘E’ event end type code reported to NNPAC and NMDS. The ‘E’ event end type code should be the same in both NNPAC and NMDS. Where patients are admitted to an inpatient ward from ED/AAU/SSU the NNPAC event end type code will always be DW Discharged to other service within same facility. Note 1: ‘Patient in ED/AAU/SSU receives treatment >3hrs admitted to Geriatric AT&R inpatient ward with ‘D’ health specialty code’. Older persons who present to ED with an acute condition who are admitted as an acute inpatient to a geriatric AT&R (older persons) inpatient ward with a ‘D’ health speciality code is not common practice. However where this does occur the reporting requirements are that a separate ED short stay event is to be reported with an event end type of DW Discharged to other service within same facility.
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