EMERGENCY CARE ACUITY (SNOMED CT)

A unique clinical terminology identifier for a CODED CLINICAL ENTRY.

Description

EMERGENCY CARE ACUITY (SNOMED CT) is the same as attribute CLINICAL TERMINOLOGY CODE.

EMERGENCY CARE ACUITY (SNOMED CT) is the SNOMED CT® concept ID which is used to indicate the acuity of the PATIENT's condition on the Emergency Care Initial Assessment Date and Emergency Care Initial Assessment Time.

The EMERGENCY CARE ACUITY (SNOMED CT) may be determined by a formal triage process, or by the physical allocation of the PATIENT to a specific clinical area such as Resuscitation.

SNOMED CT Refset:

  • Refset FSN: Emergency care acuity simple reference set (foundation metadata concept)
  • Refset Id: 999003061000000107

For further details relating to the SNOMED CT Refset, see the SNOMED CT Browser at: Emergency care acuity simple reference set (foundation metadata concept).

Also Known As

This Data Element is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Plural EMERGENCY CARE ACUITIES (SNOMED CT)
SNOMED CT Refset Id 999003061000000107
SNOMED CT Refset Name Emergency care acuity simple reference set (foundation metadata concept)