Episode of admitted patient care—primary impairment type, code (AROC 2012) NN.NNNN

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termPrimary impairment type (AROC 2012 code)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term611876
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 19/01/2018
Definition:Help on this term

The impairment which is the primary reason for the admission to the sub-acute episode, as represented by a code.

Data element concept attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Data element concept:Episode of admitted patient care—primary impairment type
METEOR identifier:Help on this term449130
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012
  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 19/01/2018
Definition:Help on this termThe impairment which is the primary reason for the admission to the sub-acute episode.
Object class:Help on this termEpisode of admitted patient care
Property:Help on this termPrimary impairment type

Value domain attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain:Impairment type code (AROC 2012) NN.NNNN
METEOR identifier:Help on this term498516
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 11/04/2014
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 11/10/2012
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/12/2016
Definition:Help on this termA code set representing the primary patient impairment which is the reason for the episode of care.

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:Impairment type code (AROC 2012)
Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termNN.NNNN
Maximum character length:Help on this term7

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termIndependent Hospital Pricing Authority

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

In the Australian National Subacute and Non‐Acute Patient (AN-SNAP) version 4, the paediatric rehabilitation branch uses impairment codes to group episodes to a specific class. The paediatric impairment codes consist of groups of specific impairment codes that are currently used. For paediatric rehabilitation episodes, use an existing impairment code which most closely describes the paediatric impairment.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Reference documents:Help on this term

Green J, Gordon R, Kobel C, Blanchard M & Eagar K. 2015 .  AN-SNAP V4 User Manual. Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Sydney. Viewed 15 June 2015, http://ihpa.gov.au/internet/ihpa/publishing.nsf/Content/
C48C490F92D74111CA257AD900132744/$File/
AN-SNAP%20classification%20version%204%20User%20Manual.pdf

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Episode of admitted patient care—primary impairment type, code (AROC 2012) NN.NNNN
  • Health, Superseded 19/11/2015
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 11/10/2012
Has been superseded by Episode of admitted patient care—primary impairment type, code (AROC 2012) NN.NNNN
  • Health, Standard 25/01/2018
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 19/01/2018
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term

Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care NBEDS 2016-17
Health, Superseded 03/11/2016

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Conditional obligation:

Only required to be reported for episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as Code 2, Rehabilitation care.


Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care NBEDS 2017-18
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Recorded 04/08/2016
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

Conditional obligation:

Only required to be reported for episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as Code 2, Rehabilitation care.


Tasmanian Subacute/Non-acute Data Set - 2016
Tasmanian Health, Superseded 18/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017


Tasmanian Subacute/Non-acute Data Set - 2017
Tasmanian Health, Superseded 18/01/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Tasmanian Subacute/Non-acute Data Set - 2018
Tasmanian Health, Superseded 06/05/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Tasmanian Subacute/Non-acute Data Set - 2019
Tasmanian Health, Superseded 06/05/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Tasmanian Subacute/Non-acute Data Set - 2020
Tasmanian Health, Standard 15/06/2020

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021

Conditional obligation:

Required when the Care Type is Rehbilitation