Resources
Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) v7.0 (short and long description)
PublicationsThis resource shows the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) v7.0 (short and long description).
Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups Version 6.x Addendum
PublicationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) is committed to providing the Australian health care industry with a nationally consistent method of classifying all types of patients, their treatment and associated costs. Consequently, resources continue to be devoted...
Children's Healthcare Australasia webinar on the AMHCC
VideosThis video provides an overview of the process to develop the Australian Mental Health Care Classification.
Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services 2016-17
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.
Mental Health Australia webinar on the Australian Mental Health Care Classification
VideosA webinar with Mental Health Australia and the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.
Development of the Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 4.0 – Final Report (April 2015)
PublicationsThe Centre for Health Service Development (CHSD), University of Wollongong was commissioned by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) to develop Version 4 of the Australian National Subacute and Non-acute Patient (AN-SNAP) classification. This report outlines...
Discussion paper on the emergency care costing study (part of the Emergency care costing and classification development project)
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) is developing a new national classification system for emergency care departments and services. The classification will be underpinned by a targeted costing study that will investigate the impact of cost variation bet...
Hospital Teaching, Training and Research Activities National Best Endeavours Data Set 2018-19 Technical Specifications for reporting
PublicationsTeaching, training and research (TTR) activities represent an important role of the public hospital system alongside the provision of care to patients. Until now, there has been no classification system for TTR. To support data collection and classification developme...
Consultation paper on the Emergency Department Principal Diagnosis Short List
ConsultationsThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) is currently developing an emergency department (ED) ICD‑10‑AM principal diagnosis short list for implementation in the Non Admitted Patient Emergency Department Care National Minimum Data Set (NAPEDC NMDS) for 2016-17....
AR-DRG Version 8.0
PublicationsThe Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) Version 8.0 was implemented from July 1, 2016 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 Ninth Edition
PublicationsICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Ninth Edition was implemented between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2017 for classifying episodes of admitted patient care across Australian hospital services.
Australian Mental Health Care Classification - Public Consultation No. 2
ConsultationsThis is the second public consultation paper to inform the development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC). The first public consultation was undertaken in early 2015.