Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v5.1) ANNA

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Diagnosis related group
METEOR identifier:	270195
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 22/12/2009
Definition:	A patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the number and types of patients treated in a hospital to the resources required by the hospital, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:

Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups version 5.1

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

String

Format:

ANNA

Maximum character length:

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:

The Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group is derived from a range of data collected on admitted patients, including diagnosis and procedure information, classified using ICD-10-AM. The data elements required are described in Related data elements.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:

National Centre for Classification in Health

National Health Data Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Supersedes PDF

Diagnosis related group, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.0 KB) No registration status

Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—admission date, DDMMYYYY

ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020

Has been superseded by Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 6) ANNA

Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
Health, Standard 30/06/2013
Tasmanian Health, Incomplete 23/07/2012

Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—intended length of hospital stay, code N

ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
Health, Standard 01/03/2005

Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—number of leave days, total N[NN]

ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Tasmanian Health, Standard 06/09/2016

Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ICD-10-AM 3rd edn) NNNNN-NN

Health, Superseded 28/06/2004

Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—separation date, DDMMYYYY

ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016

Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—separation mode, code N

ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
Health, Superseded 30/04/2020

Is formed using Episode of care—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 3rd edn) ANN{.N[N]}

Health, Superseded 28/06/2004

Is formed using Episode of care—mental health legal status, code N

Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
Health, Superseded 07/12/2011

Is formed using Episode of care—principal diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 3rd edn) ANN{.N[N]}

Health, Superseded 28/06/2004

Is formed using Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY

ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015
Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005
Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
Health, Standard 04/05/2005
Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010
Housing assistance, Standard 20/06/2005
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
Indigenous, Standard 11/08/2014
National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Tasmanian Health, Standard 31/08/2016
WA Health, Incomplete 22/08/2012
WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022

Is formed using Person—sex, code N

Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005
Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018
Health, Superseded 11/05/2017
Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
Indigenous, Superseded 16/10/2017
National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
WA Health, Incomplete 22/08/2012
WA Health, Incomplete 23/08/2012
Youth Justice, Recorded 23/05/2022

Is formed using Person—weight (measured), total grams NNNN

ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/09/2016

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Admitted patient care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2005 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2006

Admitted patient care NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2006 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2007

Admitted patient care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2007 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2008

Admitted patient care NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 04/02/2009

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2008 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2009

Admitted patient care NMDS 2009-10 Health, Superseded 22/12/2009

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2009 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2010

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2006 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2007

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2005 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2006

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2007 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2008

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 04/02/2009

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2008 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2009

Admitted patient mental health care NMDS 2009-10 Health, Superseded 05/01/2010

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2009 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2010

Implementation in Indicators:

Used as Denominator

National Healthcare Agreement: P69-Cost per casemix adjusted separation, 2010 Health, Superseded 08/06/2011

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 69-Cost per casemix adjusted separation, 2011 Health, Superseded 31/10/2011