An indication of whether a PATIENT is making first or follow-up attendance at a particular ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

Note: An attendance at a CONSULTANT CLINIC following an ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ATTENDANCE is an OUT-PATIENT ATTENDANCE CONSULTANT and not an ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ATTENDANCE even if the clinic may be held in or near the ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, e.g. a Fracture Clinic.

National Codes:

1	First ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ATTENDANCE - the first in a series, or the only attendance, in a particular ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY EPISODE
2	Follow-up ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ATTENDANCE - planned: a subsequent planned attendance at the same department, and for the same incident as the first attendance
3	Follow-up ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ATTENDANCE - unplanned: a subsequent unplanned attendance at the same department, and for the same incident as the first attendance

 

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	A+E ATTENDANCE CATEGORIES