International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 6th edition

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:	Classification Scheme
Synonymous names:	ICD-10-AM 6th edn
METEOR identifier:	360927
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 22/12/2009
Definition:	The National Centre for Classification in Health classification for diseases and related health problems

Classification structure:	ICD-10-AM is comprised of: Tabular List of Diseases - contains core three character codes with some expansion to four and five character codes. Two appendices are specified: Morphology of neoplasms; and Special tabulation lists for mortality and morbidity. Alphabetic Index of Diseases - consists of three sections: Section I is the index of diseases, syndromes, pathological conditions, injuries, signs, symptoms, problems and other reasons for contact with health services. Section II is the index of external causes of injury. The terms included here are not medical diagnoses but descriptions of the circumstances in which the violence occurred. Section III is the index of drugs and other chemical substances giving rise to poisoning or other adverse effects (also known as the Table of drugs and chemicals).
Source and reference attributes
Origin:	National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH) 2008. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) – Sixth Edition - Tabular list of diseases and Alphabetic index of diseases. Sydney: NCCH, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney.
Revision status:	ICD-10-AM was developed by the National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH). During the development, the NCCH was advised by members of the NCCH Coding Standards Advisory Committee (CSAC) and the Clinical Classification and Coding Groups (CCCG), consisting of expert clinical coders and clinicians nominated by the Clinical Casemix Committee of Australia.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 5th edition Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Has been superseded by International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 7th edition Health, Superseded 02/05/2013 Tasmanian Health, Incomplete 13/09/2012
Value Domains based on this classification scheme:	Diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 6th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Activity type code (ICD-10-AM 6th edn) ANNNN Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 External cause code (ICD-10-AM 6th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Neonatal morbidity code (ICD-10-AM 6th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Place of occurrence (ICD-10-AM 6th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Pregnancy/childbirth and puerperium code (ICD-10-AM 6th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Primary site of cancer code (ICD-10-AM 6th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Congenital malformations code (ICD-10-AM 6th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 22/12/2009