International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 11th edition

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:	Classification Scheme
Synonymous names:	ICD-10-AM 11th edn
METEOR identifier:	699536
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Definition:	A statistical 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:	Australian Consortium for Classification Development (ACCD) 2018. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) – Eleventh Edition - Tabular list of diseases and Alphabetic index of diseases. Adelaide: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Lane Publishing.
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:	See also Emergency Department International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification, Principal Diagnosis Short List 11th edition Health, Superseded 18/06/2021 See also Emergency Department International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification, Principal Diagnosis Short List 11th edition Health, Standard 18/06/2021 See also Emergency Department International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification, Principal Diagnosis Short List 11th edition Health, Superseded 17/07/2020 Supersedes International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 10th edition ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Candidate 04/08/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/07/2017 Has been superseded by International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 12th edition Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Value Domains based on this classification scheme:	Type of dementia code NN Health, Recorded 15/11/2021 Activity type code (ICD-10-AM 11th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 11th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 External cause code (ICD-10-AM 11th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Place of occurrence (ICD-10-AM 11th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Non-clinical type of dementia code N Health, Recorded 15/11/2021