Skip to content Learn about the access keys available for Aristotle.Cloud

Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ACHI 7th edn) NNNNN-NN

This item has been superseded by a newer version by one or more Registration Authorities.

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.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Episode of admitted patient care—procedure, code (ACHI 7th edn) NNNNN-NN

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Procedure code (ACHI 7th edn) NNNNN-NN ".
Data Type Number
Format NNNNN-NN
Maximum character length 7

Comments

Origin:

National Centre for Classification in Health

National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee

Comments:
The National Centre for Classification in Health advises the National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee of relevant changes to the ACHI.

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 4
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 11
As a denominator in an Indicator 1
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 1