Resources
Emergency department care FAQs – Part 1 (Published 25 May 2020)
PublicationsFAQs to support the classification of COVID-19 in emergency department care.
Mental Health Phase of Care Clinical Refinement Project Final Report
PublicationsFollowing the completion of the 2016 Inter-Rater Reliability (IRR) study to test the consistency of clinician application of the mental health phase of care, the poor to fair reliability outcome led to the commencement of the refinement project. The project aims to iden...
Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 4.0 – User Manual – Errata
PublicationsThe list of AN-SNAP V4 classes contained in Appendix 4 included some incorrect class codes in the Admitted Adult Rehabilitation classes. The correct codes (with the incorrect code shown in brackets) are shown in this document
Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services 2019–21
PublicationsThere are three key publications that support the Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Classification. Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Definitions Manual, Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Compendium and Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services National Index.
Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) Guide
PublicationsSince Dr. Marshall Folstein first developed the Mini- Mental State Examination (MMSE) in 1975, it has become widely used as a screening test for cognitive impairment and it is routinely used as an inclusion / exclusion criterion and outcome measure in clinical trials. T...
Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) Tool
PublicationsThe Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) was developed to provide clear unequivocal guidelines for administration and scoring. The SMMSE takes less time to administer and has significantly reduced the variability of the MMSE. The test covers a variety o...
AECC Definitions Manual
PublicationsThis manual details the logic for assigning AECC end classes to emergency care episodes. The logic is represented in software—the AECC grouper—which should be the primary way that emergency care episodes are grouped to the AECC. This manual is a reference for the logic...
AECC Final Report
PublicationsThe AECC was developed using a combination of statistical analysis and clinical input: the splits in the classification demonstrate statistical as well as clinical validity. An independent reviewer also reviewed the model outputs, thus providing further assurance of the...
AR-DRG Version 10.0
PublicationsThe Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRGs) is a classification system, which provides a clinically meaningful way to relate the number and type of patients treated in a hospital to the resources required by the hospital. AR-DRGs group patients with s...
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition
PublicationsICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition, was implemented between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2022 for classifying episodes of admitted patient care across Australian hospital services.
ED ICD-10-AM (Eleventh Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short List – User Guide
PublicationsThis document details the components and conventions of the ED Short List and is aimed at jurisdictions, data managers and health information managers involved in ED data.In addition to this document, a Principal Diagnosis Selection Guide fact sheet has been developed f...
