Record of the urgency category assigned to the patient by the pain management service.
Usage
This variable was designed to allow PMS to categorise patients by urgency. Note however that some services have indicated that they use this variable to categorise patients on a different measure. It is therefore recommended that researchers interpret results using this variable with caution.
ID
2-011
Mandatory
Source
ePPOC
Business rules
Nil
Dependencies
Data type
Numeric code set
Format
N[N]
Maximum length
1
Data domain
Code
Description
1
Low
2
Moderate
3
High
Conditions
Nil
Level
Patient
Derived item
Derived by
Not applicable
Notes
Format and data length are longer than specified code set to account for supplementary values.