Web site
http://sydney.edu.au/health_sciences/ncch/index.shtml
Authority
The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) was developed and is maintained by the Australian National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH).
Description
This is the Australian modification of ICD-10.
ICD-10-AM includes an Australian classification of procedures. This is a multi-axial classification based on the Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and is referred to as MBS-Extended (MBS-E).
For more information about ICD-10 in the Metathesaurus, see the ICD-10 source synopsis.
Update Frequency
ICD-10-AM is updated every two years.
Metathesaurus Update Frequency
ICD-10-AM was last updated in the Metathesaurus in 2000.
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