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

Contents 1 Examples of procedure codes 1.1 International 1.2 North American 1.3 European 1.4 Other 2 See also

[edit] Examples of procedure codes

[edit] International

• International Classification of Procedures in Medicine (ICPM) and International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) [1]

[edit] North American

• Health Care 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]
• SNOMED (P axis)(english only, translations available but not useful)

[edit] European

• OPS-301 (adaptation of ICPM used in Germany) [4]
• OPCS-4.2 (used in England) [5]
• OPCS-4.3 (used in England) [6]
• Classification des Actes Médicaux (CCAM) (used in France) [7]

[edit] Other

• Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI) [8]

[edit] See also

• diagnosis codes
• medical classification