Procedure code

Procedure codes are a sub-type of medical classification used to identify specific surgical, medical, or diagnostic interventions. The structure of the codes will depend on the classification; for example some use a numerical system, others alphanumeric.

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]
• Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) (used in United States) ^[3]
• Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
• Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
• SNOMED (P axis)
• Current Dental Terminology (CDT)

European

• OPS-301 (adaptation of ICPM used in Germany)
• OPCS-4 (used by the NHS in England)^[4]
• Classification des Actes Médicaux (CCAM) (used in France)^[5]
• NOMESCO
• Gebührenordnung für ärzte (GOÄ) (Germany)
• Nomenclature des prestations de santé de l'institut national d'assurance maladie invalidité (Belgium)
• TARMED (Switzerland)
• Classificatie van verrichtingen (Dutch)

Other

• Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI)^[6]
• Read codes system, used in United Kingdom General Practice

See also

• diagnosis code
• medical classification

References