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What is an ACHI code?


ACHI (The Australian Classification of Health Interventions) codes are a classification of interventions
based on the Commonwealth Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS). ACHI is the Australian national standard
for intervention coding in Australian hospitals.

ACHI classifies interventions (procedures) performed in public and private hospitals, day centres and
ambulatory settings. Allied health interventions, dental services and other interventions performed
outside the operating room are also included.

ACHI includes content from the MBS (with some exceptions) and the Australian Schedule of Dental
Services and Glossary (ADA). A two-digit extension number is attached to each MBS item number to
represent individual interventional concepts. Other ACHI concepts that are not represented in the MBS
or ADA are allocated a code number from the remainder of the 90000 series.

Currently Australia is utilising ACHI Eleventh Edition for admitted episodes of care. The Independent
Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) has the responsibility for the further development of ACHI.

(Source: The Australian Classification of Health Interventions, Eleventh Edition, Tabular List, Independent
Hospital Pricing Authority, 2019).

An ACHI code is assigned to capture interventions/procedures/operations as part of the Queensland


Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC).

ACHI codes are: ACHI codes do not:


- numeric codes - describe diseases, symptoms (the represent
- code length 7 characters (excluding important problems in medical care in their
punctuation) own right), injuries, poisonings, and/or adverse
- used for activity based funding, epidemiology, effects and procedural complications.
research, service planning
- used by public and private hospitals.

ACHI manuals can be found in university libraries, with Health Information Managers at hospitals or if
you are a Queensland Health employee you can access via Corporate Reference Data System.

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