Admitted care

National Coding Advice
PublicationsNational Coding Advice are the Coding Rules and frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the new edition. These are published to facilitate nationally consistent assignment of ICD-10-AM and ACHI codes in the implemented edition of ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS. National Coding Advi...

ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Twelfth Edition
PublicationsICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Twelfth Edition supersedes ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition and is applicable for separations between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2025.


How to classify COVID-19 – Supplementary guidance and FAQs for classifying admitted care in Eleventh Edition
PublicationsSupplementary advice and frequently asked questions (FAQs) to support the classification of COVID-19 in admitted care.

Consultation and review of the AR-DRG and ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Classification Systems
PublicationsThe development cycle of the admitted care classifications was last reviewed in 2009. Since that time the landscape has changed significantly with the National Health Reform Agreement in 2011 and the introduction of activity based funding nationally. The recent review f...

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.

ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Tenth Edition
PublicationsICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Tenth Edition was implemented between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2019 for classifying episodes of admitted patient care across Australian hospital services.

AR-DRG Version 9.0
PublicationsThe Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) Version 9.0 was implemented from 1 July 2018 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...

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...