The Elective Surgery Information System (ESIS) is a patient-level collection of elective surgery waiting list data from approved Victorian public healthcare services. ESIS was introduced in 1997 to provide electronic waiting list data to the Department of Health and Human Services.
2019-20 ESIS manual
Elective Surgery Information System (ESIS) manual 22nd edition 2019-20
2018-19 ESIS manual
Elective Surgery Information System (ESIS) manual 21st edition 2018-19
Reference files
See Reference files for lists of valid codes relevant to ESIS.
Submission templates
Late data exemption request
Manual data form
Annual changes
Current financial year changes and proposals for changes to take affect from 1 July for the following financial year can be found at Annual changes.
Archive
To view previous ESIS manuals, visit ESIS archive. For all older manuals prior to 2017-18, visit ESIS archive.