Resources
Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) Tool
The Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) was developed to provide clear unequivocal guidelines for administration and scoring. The SMMSE takes less time to administer and has significantly reduced the variability of the MMSE. The test covers a variety o...
Development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) Consultation paper one
IHPA values the feedback it receives from jurisdictions, peak bodies, other interested stakeholder groups, and the community as it progresses work to develop and refine the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) and its supporting material, both in the imm...
The Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 4.0 – User Manual (April 2015)
This manual describes AN-SNAP V4. Findings from the literature, advice provided in the context of meetings and other consultations with stakeholders and statistical analysis of the available data all fed into the development of AN-SNAP V4.
Development of the Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 4.0 – Final Report (April 2015)
The Centre for Health Service Development (CHSD), University of Wollongong was commissioned by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) to develop Version 4 of the Australian National Subacute and Non-acute Patient (AN-SNAP) classification. This report outlines...
Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) v7.0 (short and long description)
This resource shows the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG) v7.0 (short and long description).
Report for the counting, costing and classifying of Non-Admitted Multidisciplinary Case Conferences (MDCCs) where patient is not present
IHPA commissioned a study of the counting, costing and classifying of multidisciplinary case conferences (MDCCs) for non-admitted patients, when the patient is not present. MDCCs have become a more common and important aspect of clinical care. The increasing complexity...
Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient Classification Version 4.0 – User Manual – Errata
The list of AN-SNAP V4 classes contained in Appendix 4 included some incorrect class codes in the Admitted Adult Rehabilitation classes. The correct codes (with the incorrect code shown in brackets) are shown in this document
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...
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...
How to classify COVID-19 – Supplementary guidance and FAQs for classifying admitted care in Eleventh Edition
Supplementary advice and frequently asked questions (FAQs) to support the classification of COVID-19 in admitted care.
Hospital Teaching, Training and Research Activities National Best Endeavours Data Set Technical Specifications for reporting
Teaching, training and research (TTR) activities represent an important role of the public hospital system alongside the provision of care to patients. Until now, there has been no classification system for TTR. To support data collection and classification development,...
Non-Admitted Care COVID-19 Response
Information on the classification rules for COVID-19 in the non-admitted care setting.
Emergency department care FAQs – Part 2 (Published 17 September 2020)
FAQs to support the classification of COVID-19 in emergency department care.
Emergency department care FAQs – Part 1 (Published 25 May 2020)
FAQs to support the classification of COVID-19 in emergency department care.
Edit Checker Program User Guide
The Emergency Department (ED) Edit Checker program has been developed by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) to assist state and territory health departments and hospitals to improve the data quality reported for the hospital emergency department; par...
Definitions of emergency services
This table provides a detailed description of the categorisation of emergency services. These definitions have been developed in consultation with the Emergency Care Advisory Working Group and are used to determine which data specification and classification is use...
Hospital Teaching, Training and Research Activities National Best Endeavours Data Set 2018-19 Technical Specifications for reporting
Teaching, training and research (TTR) activities represent an important role of the public hospital system alongside the provision of care to patients. Until now, there has been no classification system for TTR. To support data collection and classification developme...
Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups Version 6.x Addendum
The 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...
Development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification Consultation paper one
IHPA values the feedback it receives from jurisdictions, peak bodies, other interested stakeholder groups, and the community as it progresses work to develop and refine the Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC) and its supporting material, both in the imm...
Non-admitted home ventilation and maternity services
On 24 August 2017, the Commonwealth Minister for Health issued a Direction to IHPA under subsection 226(1) of the National Health Reform Act 2011 in relation to a number of changes to the classification, counting and scope of non-admitted activity in 2014-15 and 2015-16...
Mental Health Phase of Care Clinical Refinement Testing Project – Final Report
The Mental Health Phase of Care (MHPoC) Clinical Refinement Testing Project aimed to determine whether refinements to the MHPoC recommended as part of the 2017 Clinical Refinement Project improved the reliability of how MHPoC definitions are applied by clinicians. This...
Mental Health Phase of Care Clinical Refinement Project Final Report
Following the completion of the 2016 Inter-Rater Reliability (IRR) study to test the consistency of clinician application of the mental health phase of care, the poor to fair reliability outcome led to the commencement of the refinement project. The project aims to iden...