Topographical code

Template:Move to wiktionary In medicine, "topographical codes" (or "topography codes") are codes that indicate a specific location in the body.

Examples

Only the first of these is a system dedicated only to topography. The others are more generalized systems that contain topographic axes.

• Nomina Anatomica (updated to Terminologia Anatomica)
• ICD-O
• SNOMED
• MeSH (the 'A' axis)

See also

• Medical classification