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VAED Changes to Specifications

Category Data Item / Edit Table / Edit Description Bulletin Issue Number (PDF icon gif) Effective Date
Edits R308 Change to edit: Changed from Rejection to Warning 140 (PDF File 73KB) 29 Dec 08
Edits R491 Change to edit: Allow private same-day Account Classes with ESAS Funding Arrangement 139 (PDF File 172KB) 10 Dec 08
Edits R596 Change to edit: Change to procedure codes for Sixth Edition ICD-10-AM/ACHI. 133 (PDF File 110KB) 25 July 08
Edits R440 and W644 Change to edits: NIV changes for Sixth Edition ICD-10-AM/ACHI. R440 deleted. W644 introduced. 133 (PDF File 110KB) 25 July 08
Edits R641 - W641 Change to edit: Edit changed from Rejection to Warning 133 (PDF File 110KB) 25 July 08
Edits N643 New Edit: Maternity Episode but Separation Mode D 131 (PDF File 126KB) 26 Jun 08
Edits N642 New Edit: Unqualified Newborn but Separation Mode D 131 (PDF File 126KB) 26 Jun 08
Edits R641 New Edit: Mechanical Ventilation Hours with incorrect procedure code (Effective 1 July 2008)

131 (PDF File 126KB)

26 Jun 08
Data Item Funding Arrangement Addition of Funding Arrangement 8 for National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (Effective 1 July 2008) 129 (PDF File 129KB) 6 May 08
Edits N468 Care Type 5E will not trigger edit 129 (PDF File 129KB) 6 May 08
Edits R365 Amendment to codes (Effective 1 July 08) 129 (PDF File 129KB) 6 May 08
Data Item Health Insurance Fund 'AMA' changed to 'The Doctor's Health Fund Ltd' 129 (PDF File 129KB) 6 May 08
Edits R635 Change to edit: Age reduced to 54 from 55 years 128 (PDF File 60KB) 26 Mar 08
Reports WIES report

'Renal WIES' lines re-added

126 (PDF File 111KB) 11 Jan 08
Edits R638 New Edit: Private hospital, Public Account Class, no Contracting information 126 (PDF File 111KB) 11 Jan 08
Edits R601 Change to edit: Allowance for sequences in accord with coding standards 126 (PDF File 111KB) 11 Jan 08
Edits W401 Change to edit: Uses 24 hour period rather than 'overnight'. 126 (PDF File 111KB) 11 Jan 08
Edits R637 New Edit: Account Class M* with compensable Account Class 125 (PDF File 52KB) 19 Nov 07
Edits R635 New Edit: National Bowel Cancer Screening Program but patient < 55 years 123 (PDF File 82KB) 27 Sep 07
Edits N634 New Edit: Palliative Care Patient Days Total = LOS, but Care Type not 8 120 (PDF File 56KB) 30 Aug 07
Edits N633 New Edit: Delivery episode without Admission Type M 116 (PDF File 189KB) 26 Jun 07
Edits R553 Criterion for Admission E not rejected when admission over 3 hours, not 4 114 (PDF File 102KB) 11 Apr 07
DRG Statements Code printing Removed restriction of printing of 6 diagnosis and 3 procedure codes. All diagnosis and procedure codes will now print. 114 (PDF File 102KB) 26 Mar 07
Edits R450 and R451 Q96.4 added as 'explanatory' diagnosis code.    
Edits Removing V3 information Fixed bug that allowed a change of Account Class from DVA/TAC to an Account Class not requiring a V3 record, without transmission of deletion record 111 (PDF File 129KB) 1 July 06
Edits R614 Edit removed as any hospital may transfer a patient to or from an Approved Transition Care program 109 (PDF File 93KB) 1 July 06
Edits R629 Incompatible Admission Source / Indigenous Status 104 (PDF File 100KB) 1 July 06
Addition of New Code Contract/Spoke Identifier 0710 added for Interim Payments 103 (PDF File 118KB) 1 July 06
Addition of New Code Funding Arrangement

Funding Arrangement 7: Private Hospital Elective Surgery Initiative (PHESI)

New Edit Table: Private Hospital Elective Surgery Initiative

Edit Table amended: Contracting: Funding Arrangement and Contract Fields

New Edit 626: Invalid Combination for Funding Arrangement PHESI

100 (PDF File 65KB)

101 (PDF File 269KB)

8 Jun 06
Edits R620 and R621 Edit descriptions for R620 and R621 101 (PDF File 269KB) 1 July 06
ICD-10-AM Libary File 4th Edition Sex Edits Procedure codes 3156300, 4555600, 9072200 101 (PDF File 269KB) 28 Jun 06
ICD-10-AM Libary File 5th Edition Sex Edits Procedure codes 4555600 and 9072200 101 (PDF File 269KB) 1 July 06
ICD-10-AM Libary File 4th Edition Sex and Age Edits

Age: Diagnosis code N938

Sex: Procedure codes 4554500, 4554501, 4554502

99 (PDF File 95KB) 24 May 06
Edits 622 and 625 Edit descriptions 99 (PDF File 95KB) 24 May 06
Addition of new code Account Class

Account Class MF Ineligible: Asylum Seekers

Edits amended: 083, 094, 105, 454

Edit table amended: Account Class, Acc Type, Care Type and Medicare Suffix

99 (PDF File 95KB)

98 (PDF File 124KB)

24 May 06
Edits / Edit tables Clinical Sub-program R253 and edit table modified for rehabilitation for children under 18 years 92 (PDF File 121KB) 17 Nov 05
ICD-10-AM Libary File 4th Edition Sex Edits Procedure 3156300 91 (PDF File 128KB) 30 Sep 05
Edits N431 Trigger conditions modified 91 (PDF File 128KB) 30 Sep 05
Edits/Edit tables R094

Accommodation Type 8 valid for Account Class PC and PD

Edit table amended: Account Class, Acc Type, Care Type and Medicare Suffix

91 (PDF File 128KB) 13 Sep 05
Edits/Edit tables R094

Care type E valid for Account Class TA

Care Type F valid for Account Class TN

Edit table amended: Account Class, Acc Type, Care Type and Medicare Suffix

  1 Sep 05
Edits

R523, R526

R615, R616, R617

Description change to clarify meaning

615, 616 and 617 functionality change

90 (PDF File 83KB) 24 Aug 05
ICD-10-AM Libary File 4th Edition Sex Edits Diagnosis Z313 89 (PDF File 78KB) 18 Aug 05
Edits R445

TAC accident date > 20 years before admission

Changed to notifiable edit.

  6 July 05

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