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ED ICD-10-AM (Tenth Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short List – User Guide
PublicationsThis document is for use primarily by jurisdictions and data managers and details the components of the short list, conventions used and specific guidelines for use. In addition to this document an abridged Quick Reference Guide for principal diagnosis reporting has bee...
ED ICD-10-AM (Tenth Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short List - Quick Reference Guide
PublicationsThis document is a quick reference guide primarily for use by clinicians in the selection of the ED principal diagnosis code. There is also a comprehensive User guide for use by jurisdictions and data managers that provides additional detail as to the components and con...
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2018–19
PublicationsThe Pricing Framework 2018-19 builds on the six Pricing Frameworks from previous years. The Pricing Framework is the key strategic document underpinning the National Efficient Price (NEP) and National Efficient Cost (NEC) Determinations for the financial year 2018-...
Bundled pricing for maternity care
PublicationsBundled pricing is where a single price covers a full package of care over a defined period of time, spanning multiple events and settings of care.
Aged Care Pricing Commissioner Annual Report 2016-17
PublicationsThe Annual Report of the Aged Care Pricing Commissioner covers the Commissioner’s operations for the year 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 in accordance with Section 95B-12 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
IHPA Annual Report 2016–17
PublicationsIndependent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Annual Report for financial year 2016–17.
Mental health phase of care Inter-rater reliability (IRR) study - Final report
PublicationsThe Inter-rater reliability study final report was approved by the Pricing Authority in April 2017. The primary aims of the study were to test the inter-rater reliability of the mental health phase of care instrument, gather information about the clinicians' views of th...
AR-DRG Version 9.0
PublicationsThe Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) Version 9.0 was implemented from 1 July 2018 and is the Australian Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) patient classification system that provides a clinically meaningful way of relating the types of patients treated in...
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Tenth Edition
PublicationsICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Tenth Edition was implemented between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2019 for classifying episodes of admitted patient care across Australian hospital services.
IHPA Work Program 2017–18
PublicationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Work Program has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011.
Report for the counting, costing and classifying of Non-Admitted Multidisciplinary Case Conferences (MDCCs) where patient is not present
PublicationsIHPA commissioned a study of the counting, costing and classifying of multidisciplinary case conferences (MDCCs) for non-admitted patients, when the patient is not present. MDCCs have become a more common and important aspect of clinical care. The increasing complexity...