Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ACHI 11th edn) NNNNN-NN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Procedure
METEOR identifier:	699716
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 08/04/2019
Definition:	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:	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) 11th edition

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

String

Format:

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Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

Record and code all procedures undertaken during the episode of care in accordance with the ACHI (11th edition). Procedures are derived from and must be substantiated by clinical documentation.

Comments:

The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority advises the National Health Data Information and Statistics Committee of relevant changes to the ACHI.