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Data Element Detail

Episode of admitted patient care-major diagnostic category (AR-DRG v4.2)
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 041588 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
01-Jul-2000		Superseded
30-Jun-2002
Standard
01-Jul-2000
30-Jun-2002
One of twenty-three mutually exclusive major diagnostic categories (MDCs) that correspond to a single body system or aetiology. In general these are associated with a particular medical specialty. An additional two categories address exceptions (pre-MDCs) and errors. They are derived from the Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) code.
Institutional health care
Major diagnostic category (MDC)
MDC
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Code
N[NN]
1
3
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Valid MDC codes from the AR-DRG classification Version 4.2 Definitions Manual Volumes I, II, and III, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Hospital Based Corporate Information System (HBCIS):
MDCs are calculated at the facility using the "derived from" related data items. Transmit as fixed width 3 character, left adjusted, blank if null.

Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC):
As part of QHAPDC processing of inpatient data by the Data Services Unit (DSU), MDCs are re-calculated using the "derived from" related data items and any discrepancies with facility calculated items are queried with the facility.
The development of the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group (AR-DRG) classification has created a descriptive framework for studying hospitalisation. DRGs provide a summary of the varied reasons for hospitalisation and the complexity of cases a hospital treats. Moreover, as a framework for describing the products of a hospital (that is, patients receiving services), they allow meaningful comparisons of hospitals' efficiency and effectiveness under alternative systems of health care provision.
The AR-DRGs are a patient classification scheme consisting of classes of patients who are similar clinically and in terms of their consumption of hospital resources. AR-DRG version 4.2 was released by the Department of Health and Ageing in December 2000 for use with ICD-10-AM 2nd edition codes from July 2000.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData ElementMajor diagnostic category (DSU calculated)QH 040145 Version 2Superseded
SupersedesData ElementData ElementMajor diagnostic category (Facility calculated)QH 040098 Version 2Superseded
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-major diagnostic category (AR-DRG v5.0)QH 041588 Version 2Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementAdmission date-episodeQH 040008 Version 1Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementBirth weightQH 040001 Version 1Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementDate of birth-clientQH 040163 Version 1Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementDiagnosis code typeQH 040099 Version 2Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementDiagnostic code (ICD-10-AM)QH 040100 Version 2Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ICD-10-AM 2nd edn)QH 041650 Version 2Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-additional diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 2nd edn)QH 041646 Version 2Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-principal diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 2nd edn)QH 041644 Version 2Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementIntended length of hospital stayQH 040012 Version 1Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementMode of separationQH 040119 Version 3Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementSeparation dateQH 040117 Version 1Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementSex of clientQH 040000 Version 1Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-200230-Jun-2004
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
NHDD: Major diagnostic category, Knowledgebase ID 000088, NHIMG Superseded 01/05/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=273152&nodeId=file4219365e93c38&fn=Major%20diagnostic%20category,%20version%201,%20DE,%20NHDD,%20NHIMG,%20Superseded%2001/03/2005.pdf
CRDI; CRDI QHAPDC; DRG; ICD-10-AM codes; MDC; Major diagnostic category;