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Data Element Detail

Episode of admitted patient care-diagnosis related group (AR-DRG v6.0)
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 041587 v5
Data Element
Data Element
Current
01-Jul-2008		Superseded
30-Jun-2012
Standard
01-Jul-2008
30-Jun-2012
A code which signifies the patient's classification in the hospitals case mix, derived from the ICD-10-AM diagnostic codes for principal and secondary diagnoses, procedures performed, age, sex and discharge status.
Institutional health care
Diagnosis related group (DRG)
DRG
Representational Attributes
Alphanumeric
Code
ANNA
4
4
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Valid DRG codes from the AR-DRG Classification Version 6.0 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):
DRGs are calculated at the facility using the "derived from" related data items.

Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC):
As part of QHAPDC processing of inpatient data by the Data Collections Unit (DCU), DRGs 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 Groups (AR-DRG) 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 6.0 was released by the Department of Health and Ageing in November 2008 for use with ICD-10-AM 6th edition codes from July 2008. Implementation of the 7th edition of ICD-10-AM / ACHI / ACS began on 1 July 2010 and it will continue to be used until 30 June 2013. Version 6.0 of the AR-DRG will also be used until 30 June 2013.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-diagnosis related group (AR-DRG v5.2)QH 041587 Version 4Superseded
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-diagnosis related group (AR-DRG v6.0x)QH 041587 Version 6Superseded
Is calculated usingData ElementData ElementPerson-sexQH 040000 Version 2Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementAdmission date-episodeQH 040008 Version 1Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementBirth weightQH 040001 Version 2Superseded
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 (ACHI 6th edn)QH 041650 Version 6Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-procedure code (ACHI 7th edn)QH 041650 Version 7Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-additional diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 6th edn)QH 041646 Version 6Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-additional diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn)QH 041646 Version 7Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-principal diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 6th edn)QH 041644 Version 6Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-principal diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 7th edn)QH 041644 Version 7Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementIntended length of hospital stayQH 040012 Version 1Superseded
Is derived fromData ElementData ElementMode of separationQH 040119 Version 6Superseded
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 2MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-201930-Jun-2012
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-200830-Jun-2012
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR: Episode of admitted patient care-diagnosis related group, code (AR-DRG v 6) ANNA, identifier 391295, Health, Standard 22/12/2009
https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/391295/meteorItemView/long
CRDI; CRDI QHAPDC; DRG; Diagnosis related group; ICD-10-AM codes; MDC;