Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ACHI 10th 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 term641379
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.
Context:Help on this term

This metadata item gives an indication of the extent to which specialised resources, for example, human resources, theatres and equipment, are used. It also provides an estimate of the numbers of surgical operations performed and the extent to which particular procedures are used to resolve medical problems. It is used for classification of episodes of acute care for admitted patients into Australian refined diagnosis related groups.

Data Element Concept:Episode of admitted patient care—procedure

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Classification scheme:Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI) 10th 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 term

Record and code all procedures undertaken during the episode of care in accordance with the ACHI (10th edition). Procedures are derived from and must be substantiated by clinical documentation.

Comments:Help on this term

The 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

Australian Consortium for Classification Development

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 9.0) ANNA
Has been superseded by Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ACHI 11th edn) NNNNN-NN
Supersedes Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ACHI 9th edn) NNNNN-NN
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Admitted patient care NMDS 2017-18Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Admitted patient care NMDS 2018-19ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2017Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/01/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2018Tasmanian Health, Superseded 12/04/2019

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term
Used as Numerator

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.1.4–Selected potentially preventable hospitalisations, 2019Health, Standard 09/04/2020

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.1.4–Selected potentially preventable hospitalisations, 2020Health, Standard 01/12/2020

Heavy menstrual bleeding clinical care standard indicators: 8-Hospital rate of hysterectomy per 100 episodesAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Recorded 04/09/2018
Health, Standard 17/10/2018

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, 2020Health, Standard 13/03/2020

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, 2021Health, Standard 16/09/2020

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

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 18–Selected potentially preventable hospitalisations, 2021Health, Standard 16/09/2020

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 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 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 - 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

Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard: 3a-Proportion of women who had an instrumental vaginal birth using vacuumAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 20/04/2021

Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard: 3b-Proportion of women who had an instrumental vaginal birth using forcepsAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 20/04/2021

Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard: 3c-Proportion of women who had a vacuum-assisted birth with episiotomyAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 20/04/2021

Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard: 3d-Proportion of women who had a forceps-assisted birth with episiotomyAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 20/04/2021

Used as Denominator

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.4.1–Unplanned hospital readmission rates, 2019Health, Standard 09/04/2020

Australian Health Performance Framework: PI 2.4.1–Unplanned hospital readmission rates, 2020Health, Standard 13/10/2021

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

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 23–Unplanned hospital readmission rates, 2021Health, Standard 19/11/2020

Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard: 3a-Proportion of women who had an instrumental vaginal birth using vacuumAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 20/04/2021

Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard: 3b-Proportion of women who had an instrumental vaginal birth using forcepsAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 20/04/2021

Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard: 3d-Proportion of women who had a forceps-assisted birth with episiotomyAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 20/04/2021