Procedure codes

Procedure codes are numbers or alphanumeric codes used to identify specific health interventions taken by medical professionals.

Examples of procedure codes

International

• International Classification of Procedures in Medicine (ICPM) and International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI)^[1]
• ICPC-2 (International Classification of Primary Care, which contains diagnosis codes, reasons for encounter (RFE), and process of care as well as procedure codes)

North American

• Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (including Current Procedural Terminology) (used in United States)
• ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) (used in United States)
• ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (subset of ICD-9-CM) (used in United States)
• Canadian Classification of Health Interventions (CCI) (used in Canada. Replaced CCP.) ^{[2][dead link]}
• Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) (used in United States) ^{[3][dead link]}
• Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
• Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
• SNOMED (P axis)

European

• OPS-301 (adaptation of ICPM used in Germany)
• OPCS-4.2 (used in England)^{[4][dead link]}
• OPCS-4.3 (used in England)^{[5][dead link]}
• OPCS-4.4 (used in England)^[6]
• Classification des Actes Médicaux (CCAM) (used in France)^{[7][dead link]}
• NOMESCO
• Gebührenordnung für ärzte (GOÄ) (Germany)
• Nomenclature des prestations de santé de l'institut national d'assurance maladie invalidité (Belgium)
• TARMED (Switzerland)
• Classificatie van virrichtingen (Dutch)

Other

• Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI)^{[8][dead link]}
• Read codes system used in United Kingdom General Practice

See also

• diagnosis codes
• medical classification

References

1. ^ "WHO / International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI)". World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/classifications/ichi/en/. Retrieved 2011-06-14. 
2. ^ secure.cihi.ca
3. ^ duke.edu
4. ^ nhsia.nhs.uk
5. ^ nhsia.nhs.uk
6. ^ "OPCS-4.4 Frequently Asked Questions". National Health Service. http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/data/clinicalcoding/codingadvice/faqs/opcs44. Retrieved 2011-06-14. 
7. ^ ccam.sante.fr
8. ^ fhs.usyd.edu.au