Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Shared Care FHIR API
0.4.5 - release

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## : Australasian Triage Scale Code System - XML Representation

Draft as of 2026-03-03

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    <CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
      <id value="australasian-triage-scale-cs"/>
      <text>
        <status value="generated"/>
        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem australasian-triage-scale-cs</b></p><a name="australasian-triage-scale-cs"> </a><a name="hcaustralasian-triage-scale-cs"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>https://fhir-ig.digital.health.nz/shared-care/CodeSystem/australasian-triage-scale-cs</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">1<a name="australasian-triage-scale-cs-1"> </a></td><td>Category 1</td><td>Immediately life-threatening - Immediate simultaneous triage and treatment</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">2<a name="australasian-triage-scale-cs-2"> </a></td><td>Category 2</td><td>Imminently life-threatening, or important time-critical - 10 minutes</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">3<a name="australasian-triage-scale-cs-3"> </a></td><td>Category 3</td><td>Potentially life-threatening, potential adverse outcomes from delay &gt; 30 min, or severe discomfort or distress - 30 minutes</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">4<a name="australasian-triage-scale-cs-4"> </a></td><td>Category 4</td><td>Potentially serious, or potential adverse outcomes from delay &gt; 60 min, or significant complexity or severity, or discomfort or distress - 60 minutes</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">5<a name="australasian-triage-scale-cs-5"> </a></td><td>Category 5</td><td>Less urgent, or dealing with administrative issues only - 120 minutes</td></tr></table></div>
      </text>
      <url
           value="https://fhir-ig.digital.health.nz/shared-care/CodeSystem/australasian-triage-scale-cs"/>
      <version value="0.4.5"/>
      <name value="AustralasianTriageScaleCS"/>
      <title value="Australasian Triage Scale Code System"/>
      <status value="draft"/>
      <date value="2026-03-03T21:51:04+00:00"/>
      <publisher value="Te Whatu Ora"/>
      <contact>
        <name value="Te Whatu Ora"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="url"/>
          <value value="https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <name value="Te Whatu Ora Integration Team"/>
        <telecom>
          <system value="email"/>
          <value value="integration@tewhatuora.govt.nz"/>
          <use value="work"/>
        </telecom>
      </contact>
      <description
                   value="Code system for Australasian Triage Scale (ATS) categories"/>
      <jurisdiction>
        <coding>
          <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
          <code value="NZ"/>
          <display value="New Zealand"/>
        </coding>
      </jurisdiction>
      <caseSensitive value="true"/>
      <content value="complete"/>
      <count value="5"/>
      <concept>
        <code value="1"/>
        <display value="Category 1"/>
        <definition
                    value="Immediately life-threatening - Immediate simultaneous triage and treatment"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="2"/>
        <display value="Category 2"/>
        <definition
                    value="Imminently life-threatening, or important time-critical - 10 minutes"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="3"/>
        <display value="Category 3"/>
        <definition
                    value="Potentially life-threatening, potential adverse outcomes from delay &gt; 30 min, or severe discomfort or distress - 30 minutes"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="4"/>
        <display value="Category 4"/>
        <definition
                    value="Potentially serious, or potential adverse outcomes from delay &gt; 60 min, or significant complexity or severity, or discomfort or distress - 60 minutes"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="5"/>
        <display value="Category 5"/>
        <definition
                    value="Less urgent, or dealing with administrative issues only - 120 minutes"/>
      </concept>
    </CodeSystem>