International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 7th edition

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:	Classification Scheme
Synonymous names:	ICD-10-AM 7th edn
METEOR identifier:	391301
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 02/05/2013
Definition:	The National Centre for Classification in Health classification of 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) 2010. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) – Seventh 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Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 6th edition Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Has been superseded by International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 8th edition Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Superseded 03/12/2014 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 02/09/2016
Value Domains based on this classification scheme:	Activity type code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANNNN Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015 Health, Superseded 02/05/2013 Diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015 Health, Superseded 02/05/2013 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 External cause code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015 Health, Superseded 02/05/2013 Neonatal morbidity code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Standard 22/12/2009 Place of occurrence (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015 Health, Superseded 02/05/2013 Pregnancy/childbirth and puerperium code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Standard 22/12/2009 Primary site of cancer code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Standard 22/12/2009 Congenital malformations code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Standard 22/12/2009