Managing Elective Surgery patients in act public hospitals contents

10 REFERENCES

1. 
   H.G. Beebe, J.J. Bergan, D. Bergqvist, B. Eklöf, I. Eriksson, M.P. Goldman, et al.
   

2. 
   Canberra Hospital and Health Services - October 2012 Consent and Treatment Policy
   

3. 
   National Elective Surgery Urgency Categorisation Guideline April 2015 – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Royal Australian College of Surgeons
   

4. 
   Ministry of Health NSW – Waiting Time and Elective Surgery Framework – February 2012
   

11 ACRONYMS

AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Cat Category

CEAP Clinical-Etiology-Anatomy-Pathophysiology

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CMBS Commonwealth Medicare Benefits Schedule

CPC Clinical Priority Category

DO Day Only

DOSA Day of Surgery Admission

DR Doctor

DVA Department of Veteran Affairs

EDO Extended Day Only

GP General Practitioner

HDU High Dependency Unit

HVSS High Volume Short Stay

ICU Intensive Care Unit

NRFS Not Ready for Surgery

PAS Patient Administration System

RFA Request for Admission

RFS Ready for Surgery

SRD Status Review Date

WC Workers Compensation

12 NATIONAL ELECTIVE SURGERY URGENCY CATEGORY GUIDELINE

CARDIO THORACIC SURGERY

CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY Selected Common Procedures	Usual Urgency Category
Congenital cardiac defect/s	2
Coronary artery bypass grafting	2
Heart valve replacement	2
Lobectomy / wedge resection / pneumonectomy	1
Pleurodesis	2

OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

OTOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY Selected Common Procedures	Usual Urgency Category
Adenoidectomy	3
Ethmoidectomy	3
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery	3
Laryngectomy	1
Mastoidectomy	3
Microlaryngoscopy	2
Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty	3
Myringotomy	3
Nasal cautery	3
Nasal polypectomy	3
Nasendoscopy	2
Panendoscopy	1
Parotidectomy/submandibular gland – excision of	2
Pharyngoplasty	3
Pharynx – excision of	2
Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of	3
Radical neck dissection	1
Rhinoplasty (indication as noted in Excluded Procedures)	3
Septoplasty	3
Stapedectomy	3
Sub-mucosal resection	3
Tonsillectomy (+/- adenoidectomy)	3
Turbinectomy	3

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