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Management of Confidential Jurisdictional Information Protocol

8 July 2019

The purpose of the Management of Confidential Jurisdictional Information Protocol is to advise jurisdictions of the processes and controls adopted by IHPA in managing confidential jurisdictional information as part of its rolling Three Year Data Plan.

ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition

1 July 2019

The ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS classification system is comprised of the following classifications:

  • International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM)
  • Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI)
  • Australian Coding Standards (ACS)

ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition is published as a set of five volumes which contain the following products:

IHPA Work Program 2019–20

27 June 2019

As prescribed in Section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011, the objectives of the IHPA Work Program are to:

IHPA Work Program 2016–17

27 June 2016

As prescribed in Section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 (the Act), the objectives of the IHPA Work Program are to:

  • set out IHPA’s work program for the coming year; and
  • invite interested persons (including states and territories) to make submissions to the Pricing Authority about the work program up to 30 days after publication.

An extract of Section 225 of the Act is attached at Appendix 1

Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups Version 6.x Addendum

9 December 2015

The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority 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 to the ongoing development of a Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) classification system based on local clinical practice.

Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) v7.0 (short and long description)

9 December 2015

IHPA Work Program 2015–16

1 July 2015

As prescribed in Section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011 (the Act), the objectives of the IHPA Work Program are to:

  • set out IHPA’s work program for the coming year; and
  • invite interested persons (including states and territories) to make submissions to the Pricing Authority about the work program up to 30 days after publication.

An extract of Section 225 of the Act is attached at Appendix 1.

ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Ninth Edition

1 July 2015

ICD-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.

The ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS classification system is comprised of the following classifications:

AR-DRG Version 8.0

1 July 2015

The 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 the hospital to the resources required by the hospital. AR-DRGs incorporate the ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS.

The AR-DRG Version 8.0 is published as a set of three Definition Manuals described below.