Template talk:Interventions infobox

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[edit] CPT-4

I would like to see the CPT-4 codes added to the infobox, it would make it more applicable for subjects such as Colonoscopy, which is a procedure, rather than a disease (with a range of CPT-4 codes... does that make it impossible/more difficult to do?). Although I do edit many medical articles, I'd be way over my head with editing infoboxes, and have no desire to dive that deep into the Wiki functions.Carl 13:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

In the short term, you could add additional information using the "{{{OtherCodes}}}" field. In the long term, I'd be very interested in improving this infobox, but I'd like to move slowly and see what (if any) sort of feedback we get first. One concern I have about using Current Procedural Terminology is that those codes don't appear to be freely available on the web. Unfortunately, the other options for procedure codes aren't much better (though we could add MeSH links.) Hello, rest of the world, what do you think? --Arcadian 23:05, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

I'd frankly never heard of this but seems like a reasonable addition to the template. If someone had access to the codes, it would be a way to make them freely available on the web! InvictaHOG 04:37, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I think Ontario procedural billings are based on HCPSC level one, which I think is the same as CPT. I will ask my secretary if we have access to them online -- Samir धर्म 05:58, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Scratch that, our schedule of benefits is a little antedated -- Samir धर्म 06:01, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] OPCS

Unfortunately the standard procedure codes used in the UK, OPCS codes are marked copyright by the NHS Connecting for Health (Crown Copyright 2006) which does not have a policy of making its publications public domain, so I would be hesitant to add OPCS-4.3 (the current revision) codes. Claus Diff 10:16, 6 September 2006 (UTC)