Bulletins and Technical News

​This information sheet provides an overview of the 2022 HHR MDS data standard.

Updated DAD and NACRS data for 2022–2023 and 2023–2024.

The CIHI Portal team is pleased to announce the successful completion of Release 18.3. The highlights of this release include the following updates to Portal NRS.

CIHI Portal: National Rehabilitation Reporting System (NRS)

• New 2022–2023 Q4 National Rehabilitation Reporting System (NRS) data

NRS environment update

Data components

• Updated NRS data: 2022–2023

NRS data for Q4 of 2022–2023 is now available for both ad hoc reporting and the NRS eReports within CIHI Portal.

Updated DAD and NACRS data for 2022–2023 and 2023–2024, new 2023 case-mix methodologies

Updated DAD and NACRS data for 2022–2023.

The bulletin confirms that Monkeypox is classified to the ICD-10-CA code B04 Monkeypox. The interim ICD-10-CA code and accompanying common term for the CED-DxS is B34.9 Viral infection.

​Outlines the final specification/standard changes for HCRS and HCRS-CA for 2023–2024.

​Final specification/standard changes for the NRS for 2023–2024.

​Outlines the final specification/standard changes for IRRS for 2023–2024.

​Outlines the final specification/standard changes for CCRS for 2023–2024.

​Outlines the final specification/standard changes for OMHRS for 2022–2023.

This bulletin provides clarification on how to classify acute renal failure (acute kidney injury) with diabetes mellitus to ensure consistency and accuracy of data collection.

​In the context of the Canadian Coding Standards, a COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) is not a “COVID-19 lab test.” This clarification applies to coding for the remainder of 2021–2022 and for all future years.