This section contains technical documentation for the national collections.
Standards developed by the Health Information Standards Organisation can be found at Health information standards.
Data references
In this section
- Appendix B is a glossary of terms that are used in the national collections. Read more
- Clinical code tables for use in classifying data for the national collections. Read more
- Compliance test scripts for confirming that health agencies can meet data reporting requirements as documented in the National Collection File Specifications. Read more
- Data dictionaries describe the information within the national collections and support the use of protocols and standards that ensure consistency across the collections. Read more
- Data guides describe the classes and objects that make up the Business Objects Universes for the national collections. Please note, Business Objects is currently being decommissioned. Read more
- Information about Australia Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRG), the grouper used for the national collections. Read more
- Information about the processing phases before records are loaded into the databases, and the error messages that may arise during loading. Read more
- File specifications describe the file formats used to send information to the Ministry for inclusion in the national collections. Read more
- Files to help with mapping between ICD versions. Read more
- The WIES methodologies and cost weight tables for each financial year. Read more