Australian Coding Standards by Castle Medical Coding & Billing
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for worldwide use in translating the narrative descriptions of diseases, injuries and procedures contained in medical records into alphanumeric codes
In Australia the the following classification system is being used.
ICD-10-AM
ACHI
ACS (International Classification of Diseases 10th revision Australian Modification Australian Classification of Health Interventions and Australian Coding Standards)
What is the job of clinical coder
Clinical coding is a health administration function that involves the translation of written clinical statements into a code system. A clinical coder analyses information about an episode of patient care and assign standardized codes using a classification system.
For example, “K35.8” code represents acute appendicitis .
Different countries follow different coding edition, such as:
New Zealand – 8th edition
Qatar – 7th edition
Tonga – 4th edition
Singapore – 6th edition
Fiji – 4th edition
Hong Kong – 6th edition
Ireland – 8th edition
Saudi Arabia – 6th edition
Australia – 10th edition