Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG)
AR-DRG is a patient classification scheme based on ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS codes. It provides a way of grouping
episodes of care in a hospital according to clinical characteristics and
resource use. AR-DRG definitions manuals are published by the Australian
Government Department of Health and Ageing and distributed by the NCCH
AR-DRG version 6.0
AR-DRG version 6.0, released in November 2008, incorporates ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS
Sixth Edition codes. Version 6.0 includes a number of clinical recommendations.
Further information on this AR-DRG and previous versions can be found at The
Department of Health and Ageing web site.
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AR-DRG version 5.2
AR-DRG version 5.2, released in November 2006. incorporates ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Fifth Edition codes. Version 5.2 includes a number of clinical recommendations. Further information on this AR-DRG and previous versions can be found
at
The
Department of Health and Ageing web site.
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AR-DRG version 5.1
AR-DRG version 5.1 was released in October 2004. It is a minor update to the classification and incorporates ICD-10-AM Fourth Edition codes. The ADRG and DRG structure is unchanged from version 5.0.
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AR-DRG version 5.0
(AR-DRG) version 5.0 builds on the foundation of version 4.2 and incorporates ICD-10-AM Third Edition. It consists of three volumes and includes a CD-ROM with supplementary tables
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AR-DRG version 4.1
(AR-DRG) version 4.1 is Australia's first DRG classification to use ICD-10-AM. It consists of three hard copy volumes and a CD-ROM.
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(AR-DRG) version 4.2
(AR-DRG) version 4.2 Addendum to Definitions Manual The AR-DRG v4.2 classification was developed to accommodate code changes introduced by the Second Edition of ICD-10-AM, and to address some difficulties experienced with AR-DRG v4.1.
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