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Admitted care

Admitted Hospital Care Types

Admitted Hospital Care Types

This guide is intended to provide assistance when assigning care types, especially for those patients that may potentially have care that applies to more than one care type.

Publications 14 Aug 2022

ICD-10-AM-ACHI-ACS Ninth Edition Errata

ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Ninth Edition

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.

Publications 14 Aug 2022

AR-DRG Version 8.0

AR-DRG Version 8.0

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...

Publications 16 Jul 2025

Review of the AR-DRG Complexity Process

Review of the AR-DRG Case Complexity Process

This report presents the results of phase one of the project to develop Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG)1 Version (V) 8.0. This phase focuses on the case complexity component of the classification that has not been reviewed for many years.

Publications 19 Apr 2024

AR-DRG Version 7.0

AR-DRG Version 7.0

The Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) Version 7.0 was implemented from July 1, 2014 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...

Publications 7 Sep 2022

AR-DRG Version 6.x Definitions Manual

AR-DRG Version 6.x

The Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) Version 6.x was implemented from July 1, 2011 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...

Publications 7 Sep 2022

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