International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 12th edition

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:	Classification Scheme
Synonymous names:	ICD-10-AM 12th edn
METEOR identifier:	746656
Registration status:	Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Definition:	A statistical health classification of diseases, injuries 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. The Morphology of neoplasms are specified in an appendix. 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
Submitting organisation:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Origin:	IHPA (Independent Hospital Pricing Authority) 2022. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM). Sydney: IHPA.
Reference documents:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority 2020. Governance framework for the development of the admitted care classifications - ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Twelfth Edition and AR-DRG Version 11.0. Sydney: IHPA.
Revision status:	ICD-10-AM Twelfth Edition was developed by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) using the Governance framework for the development of the admitted care classifications - ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Twelfth Edition and AR-DRG Version 11.0 (December 2020). The Framework outlines the classification development and approval process, the guiding principles and classification products that are the result of the classification development cycle.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 11th edition Health, Superseded 20/10/2021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 12th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Standard 20/10/2021 External cause code (ICD-10-AM 12th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Place of occurrence code (ICD-10-AM 12th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Standard 20/10/2021 Diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 12th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Standard 20/10/2021