Admitted acute care
Episodes of admitted acute care are assigned disease and intervention codes by health information managers or clinical coders.
Publications
AR-DRG Version 11.0
PublicationsThe Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRGs) is a classification that provides a clinically meaningful way to relate or group the number and type of patients treated in admitted acute episodes of care to the resources required in treatment. AR-DRG...
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...
Education
Draft IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2025–26
ConsultationsThe Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) invited all interested parties to provide comment on the draft IHACPA Work Program and Corporate Plan 2025-26
Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2025-26
ConsultationsThe Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services underpins IHACPA’s approach in developing our residential aged care and residential respite care pricing advice to the Australian Government.
Assessment of New Health Technologies
ConsultationsThe Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) recognises the need for the pricing of public hospital services to respond in a timely manner to the introduction of new health technologies and innovations in models of care.
Implementation of Cluster Coding Fact Sheet
Fact sheetsCluster coding is a mechanism of linking related diagnosis codes through use of a diagnosis cluster identifier (DCID) that will enhance the value of coded data.
Aged Care Cost Collection Fact Sheet
Fact sheetsThis fact sheet will help residential and in-home aged care providers understand what cost collections are and why it’s important to participate.
A fresh approach to NDIS pricing - Expert NDIS advisors fact sheet
Fact sheetsDuring our NDIS pricing reform consultation in 2024, we drew upon the knowledge of our expert advisors who brought a range of perspectives to our work and who have a deep expertise in many relevant areas: