Episode of care—principal diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 9th edn) ANN{.N[N]}

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

For admitted episodes of care it is mandatory for diagnosis to be reported in accordance with the Australian Coding Standards, and in ICD-10-AM 9th edition.

For ambulatory episodes of care, the diagnosis reported is the finalised diagnosis for the episode of care. A provisional diagnosis should only be reported if a finalised diagnosis cannot be obtained. It is mandatory for an ambulatory episode of care principal diagnosis to be reported in ICD-10-AM 9th edition.

For residential episodes of care, the principal diagnosis is reported in accordance with the Residential mental health care national minimum data set. It is mandatory for the principal diagnosis to be reported in ICD-10-AM 8th or 9th edition.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

Conditional obligation:

The principal diagnosis is a major determinant in the classification of Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups and Major Diagnostic Categories.

Where the principal diagnosis is recorded prior to discharge (as in the annual census of public psychiatric hospital patients), it is the current provisional principal diagnosis. Only use the admission diagnosis when no other diagnostic information is available. The current provisional diagnosis may be the same as the admission diagnosis.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Conditional obligation:

The principal diagnosis is a major determinant in the classification of Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups and Major Diagnostic Categories.

Where the principal diagnosis is recorded prior to discharge (as in the annual census of public psychiatric hospital patients), it is the current provisional principal diagnosis. Only use the admission diagnosis when no other diagnostic information is available. The current provisional diagnosis may be the same as the admission diagnosis.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

Codes can be used either from ICD-10-AM or from 'The ICD-10-AM Mental Health Manual: An Integrated Classification and Diagnostic Tool for Community-Based Mental Health Services', published by the National Centre for Classification in Health.

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

Codes can be used from ICD-10-AM or from The ICD-10-AM Mental Health Manual: An Integrated Classification and Diagnostic Tool for Community-Based Mental Health Services, published by the National Centre for Classification in Health 2002.

The principal diagnosis should be recorded and coded upon the end of an episode of residential care (i.e. annually for continuing residential care).

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017