|Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems - Release 1.0 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997, 274 p.)|
|SECTION 7 - ED MEDICATION DATA|
PART OF THE ED DISCHARGE MEDICATION GROUP (8.13 - 8.22)
Medication that is prescribed, renewed, changed, or discontinued at ED discharge.
Data on planned management of the ED patients health problems are needed for communication and continuity of care. These data are useful for ED administration, quality-of-care monitoring and evaluation, and research.
This data element includes medications that are available without a prescription. Established systems that can be used to classify and code specific medications include the National Drug Codes (NDC) maintained by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the World Health Organization Drug Record Codes. In addition, numerous local coding systems are in use.
Data Type (and Field Length)
CE - coded element (100).
Yes; if more than one medication is prescribed, renewed, changed, or discontinued, this data element repeats with the ED Discharge Medication Group.
Component 1 is the medication code.
Component 2 is the medication descriptor.
Component 3 is the coding system identifier.
Components 4 - 6 can be used for an alternate code, descriptor, and coding system identifier.
Component 1 = 0047-0402-30
Component 2 = Ampicillin 250 mg tab
Component 3 = NDC
Text data also can be entered without an accompanying code, as follows:
Component 1 =
Component 2 = Penicillin
Data Standards or Guidelines
National Drug Code Directory (FDA, 1996) and World Health Organization (WHO) Drug Dictionary (WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring, 1996).