Products and licences

The Manuals, or classification books, for the classification systems include:

• ICD-10-AM Tabular List
• ICD-10-AM Alphabetic Index
• ACHI Tabular List
• ACHI Alphabetic Index
• Australian Coding Standards

There are no restrictions for purchasing the books if you are located within Australia. Purchasing the classification books can be done by applying for a Professional account through the Lane Print website.

Any students that are enrolled in an Australian clinical coding or health information management course that require the use of the Manuals are eligible for a discount. These discounts are accessed by applying for a Student account through the Lane Print website.

Users from countries that have a licence agreement with IHPA are able to purchase the classification books by applying for a Professional account through the Lane Print website.

Countries wishing to use the AR-DRG or ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS classification systems or products are required to enter into a licence agreement with IHPA. 

Country licence agreements are strictly government-to-government. As such, IHPA will only sign licence agreements with government agencies, and financial quotes or payments will only be communicated to and accepted from government agencies. 

Organisations that are not a government agency require a letter of authorisation from a government agency to act on its behalf in discussing country licence agreements.

Components available to licensees via the licence agreement include grouper software, training and user documentation. There are two types of agreements for country licences:

• Use only – the licenced country has the right to implement the System within its territories without modification.
• Develop – the licenced country has the right to use the products as a base, with the option of further developing aspects to accommodate the local system.

Formal requests for a country licence agreement, including the free 12 month trial, must be made by emailing theclassification.licensing [at] ihpa.gov.au ( Licensing team).

Countries with expired licence agreements are detailed below.