Impairment type code (AROC 2022)
Classification Scheme Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Classification Scheme |
---|---|
METEOR identifier: | 781300 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 06/12/2023 |
Definition: | The Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC) code set describing the primary type of patient impairment in a rehabilitation episode. |
Context: | The AROC impairment code set classifies the primary reason for a patient undergoing a rehabilitation episode of care. |
Classification structure: | The code set contains the following high level impairment types for adult and paediatric patients: Adult patients (age 18 years old and above)
Underneath each high level impairment type are a subset of codes providing more specific detail on the type of impairment. For example: Stroke
Paediatric patients (age below 18 years old)
Underneath each high level impairment type are a subset of codes providing more specific detail on the type of impairment. For example: Stroke
|
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority |
---|---|
Origin: | Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC) |
Reference documents: | Australasian Outcomes Centre (AROC), University of Wollongong, 2022, AROC Impairment Codes, viewed 26 October 2023, <https://ahsri.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/17268761/AROC%20Impairment%20Codes.pdf?api=v2>. Australasian Outcomes Centre (AROC), University of Wollongong, 2018, AROC Paediatric Impairment Codes, viewed 26 October 2023, <https://ahsri.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/17268761/WeeFIM%20Impairment%20Codes%20Appendix.pdf?api=v2>. Australasian Outcomes Centre (AROC), University of Wollongong, 2023, AROC Impairment Coding Guidelines, viewed 26 October 2023, <https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@chsd/@aroc/documents/doc/uow125260.pdf>. Australasian Outcomes Centre (AROC), University of Wollongong, 2023, AROC Paediatric Impairment Coding Guidelines, viewed 26 October 2023, <https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@chsd/@aroc/documents/doc/uow273235.pdf>. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Impairment type code (AROC 2012) Health, Superseded 06/12/2023 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 11/10/2012 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/12/2016 |
Value Domains based on this classification scheme: | Impairment type code (AROC 2022) NN.NNNN Health, Standard 06/12/2023 |