Procedure codes are a sub-type of medical classification used to identify specific

surgical Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery ...

medical Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

, 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 Primary Care (ICPC-2), as well as procedure codes; ICPC-2 also contains diagnosis codes, reasons for encounter (RFE), and process of care. *

International Classification of Procedures in Medicine The International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) is a system of classifying procedure codes being developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is currently available as a beta 3 release. The components for clinical documenta ...

(ICPM) and International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) *

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North American

* Canadian Classification of Health Interventions (CCI) (used in Canada. Replaced CCP.) * Current Dental Terminology (CDT) * Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (including

Current Procedural Terminology The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set is a procedural code set developed by the American Medical Association (AMA). It is maintained by the CPT Editorial Panel. The CPT code set describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and ...

) (for outpatient use; used in United States) *

ICD-10 Procedure Coding System The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural codes, procedural coding. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure c ...

(ICD-10-PCS) (for inpatient use; used in United States) *

ICD-9-CM Volume 3 ICD-9-CM Volume 3 is a system of procedural codes used by health insurance, health insurers to classify medical procedures for billing purposes. It is a subset of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems ...

(subset of ICD-9-CM) (formerly used in United States prior to the introduction of the ICD-10-PCS) * Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) (used in United States) * Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS) * Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)

European

* Classification des Actes Médicaux (CCAM) (used in France) * Classificatie van verrichtingen (Dutch) * Gebührenordnung für Ärzte (GOÄ) (Germany) * Nomenclature des prestations de santé de l' institut national d'assurance maladie invalidité (Belgium) * NOMESCO, the Nordic Medico-Statistical Committee, maintains codebooks for medical, surgical and radiological procedures termed NCMP, NCSP and NCRP respectively. They are used in member states of the

Nordic Council The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomo ...

, and to some extent in the

Baltic states The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, and the OECD. The three sovereign states on the eastern co ...

. *

OPCS-4 OPCS-4, or more formally OPCS Classification of Interventions and Procedures version 4, is the procedural classification used by clinical coders within National Health Service (NHS) hospitals of NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales and Health ...

(used by the NHS in England) * OPS-301 (adaptation of ICPM used in Germany) * Read codes, used in United Kingdom General Practice * TARMED (Switzerland)

Other

* Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI)fhs.usyd.edu.au

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