Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ACHI 9th edn) NNNNN-NN

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termProcedure
METEOR identifier:Help on this term589101
Registration status:Help on this term
Definition:Help on this term

A clinical intervention represented by a code that:

  • is surgical in nature, and/or
  • carries a procedural risk, and/or
  • carries an anaesthetic risk, and/or
  • requires specialised training, and/or
  • requires special facilities or equipment only available in an acute care setting.
Data Element Concept:Episode of admitted patient care—procedure

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI) 9th edition
Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termNNNNN-NN
Maximum character length:Help on this term8

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:Help on this termRecord and code all procedures undertaken during the episode of care in accordance with the ACHI (9th edition). Procedures are derived from and must be substantiated by clinical documentation.
Comments:Help on this termThe Independent Hospital Pricing Authority advises the National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee of relevant changes to the ACHI.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this term

National Centre for Classification in Health

National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Is used in the formation of Episode of admitted patient care—diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 8.0) ANNA
Has been superseded by Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ACHI 10th edn) NNNNN-NN
Supersedes Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ACHI 8th edn) NNNNN-NN
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Admitted patient care NMDS 2015-16Health, Superseded 10/11/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Admitted patient care NMDS 2016-17Health, Superseded 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2016Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/01/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term
Used as Numerator

Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of colonoscopy hospitalisations per 100,000 people, 2016-17Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018

Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of gastroscopy hospitalisations per 100,000 people, 2016-17Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 13/12/2018

Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018: Number of thyroidectomy hospitalisations per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2014-15 to 2016-17Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Qualified 13/12/2018

National Healthcare Agreement: PB f–By 2014–15, improve the provision of primary care and reduce the proportion of potentially preventable hospital admissions by 7.6 per cent over the 2006-07 baseline to 8.5 per cent of total hospital admissions, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Healthcare Agreement: PB f–By 2014–15, improve the provision of primary care and reduce the proportion of potentially preventable hospital admissions by 7.6 per cent over the 2006-07 baseline to 8.5 per cent of total hospital admissions, 2019Health, Superseded 13/03/2020

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 18–Selected potentially preventable hospitalisations, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 18–Selected potentially preventable hospitalisations, 2019Health, Superseded 13/03/2020

Number of lumbar spinal decompression (excluding lumbar spinal fusion) hospitalisations per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2012-13 to 2014-15 and 2015-16 to 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Number of lumbar spinal decompression (excluding lumbar spinal fusion) hospitalisations per 100,000 people aged 18 years and over, 2012-13 to 2014-15 and 2015-16 to 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Number of lumbar spinal fusion (excluding lumbar spinal decompression) hospitalisations per 100,000 people, aged 18 years and over, 2012-13 to 2014-15 and 2015-16 to 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Number of lumbar spinal fusion (excluding lumbar spinal decompression) hospitalisations per 100,000 people, aged 18 years and over, 2012-13 to 2014-15 and 2015-16 to 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Number of lumbar spinal fusion (with or without lumbar spinal decompression) hospitalisations per 100,000 people, aged 18 years and over, 2012-13 to 2014-15 and 2015-16 to 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Number of lumbar spinal fusion (with or without lumbar spinal decompression) hospitalisations per 100,000 people, aged 18 years and over, 2012-13 to 2014-15 and 2015-16 to 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Number of myringotomy hospitalisations per 100,000 people aged 17 years and under, 2012-13, 2015-16 and 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Number of potentially preventable hospitalisations - cellulitis per 100,000 people of all ages, 2014-15 to 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Number of potentially preventable hospitalisations - cellulitis per 100,000 people of all ages, 2014-15 to 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Number of potentially preventable hospitalisations - heart failure per 100,000 people, of all ages, 2014-15 to 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Number of potentially preventable hospitalisations - heart failure per 100,000 people, of all ages, 2014-15 to 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Number of tonsillectomy hospitalisations per 100,000 people aged 17 years and under, 2012-13, 2015-16 and 2017-18Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 27/04/2021

Used as Denominator

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 23–Unplanned hospital readmission rates, 2018Health, Superseded 19/06/2019

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 23–Unplanned hospital readmission rates, 2019Health, Superseded 13/03/2020