Procedure code

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 does not diagnosis codes, reasons for encounter (RFE), and process of care as well as procedure codes)

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]
• Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
• Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
• SNOMED (P axis)(English only, translations available but not useful)

European

• OPS-301 (adaptation of ICPM used in Germany) [4]
• OPCS-4.2 (used in England) [5]
• OPCS-4.3 (used in England) [6]
• OPCS-4.4 (used in England) [7]
• Classification des Actes Médicaux (CCAM) (used in France) [8]

Other

• Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI) [9]

See also

• diagnosis codes
• medical classification