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<h2 id="examples-of-procedure-codes">Examples of procedure codes</h2> <h3>International</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/International_Classification_of_Primary_Care/noUB8QVj">International Classification of Primary Care</a> (ICPC-2), as well as procedure codes; ICPC-2 also contains diagnosis codes, reasons for encounter (RFE), and process of care.</li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Classification_of_Procedures_in_Medicine/oK8HPSw6">International Classification of Procedures in Medicine</a> (ICPM) and <a href="/facts/International_Classification_of_Health_Interventions/oK8HPSw6">International Classification of Health Interventions</a> (ICHI)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/SNOMED_CT/stX0X6tk">SNOMED CT</a></li></ul> <h3>North American</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Canadian_Classification_of_Health_Interventions/rHlWEwJr">Canadian Classification of Health Interventions</a> (CCI) (used in Canada. Replaced CCP.) <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Current_Dental_Terminology/84LjGGSX">Current Dental Terminology</a> (CDT)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Healthcare_Common_Procedure_Coding_System/FPePyU6f">Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System</a> (including <a href="/facts/Current_Procedural_Terminology/AlxoW87a">Current Procedural Terminology</a>) (for outpatient use; used in United States)</li> <li><a href="/facts/ICD-10_Procedure_Coding_System/gU64CPzS">ICD-10 Procedure Coding System</a> (ICD-10-PCS) (for inpatient use; used in United States)</li> <li><a href="/facts/ICD-9-CM_Volume_3/99ow2BA6">ICD-9-CM Volume 3</a> (subset of <a href="/facts/ICD/mxID6rJp">ICD-9-CM</a>) (formerly used in United States prior to the introduction of the ICD-10-PCS)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nursing_Interventions_Classification/H5preUEw">Nursing Interventions Classification</a> (NIC) (used in United States) <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nursing_Minimum_Data_Set/uI2XWdGl">Nursing Minimum Data Set</a> (NMDS)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nursing_Outcomes_Classification/G6FPcPxC">Nursing Outcomes Classification</a> (NOC)</li></ul> <h3>European</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Classification_des_Actes_M%C3%A9dicaux/bW5aur4H">Classification des Actes Médicaux</a> (CCAM) (used in France)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Classificatie_van_verrichtingen/k4omMAhd">Classificatie van verrichtingen</a> (Dutch)</li> <li>Gebührenordnung für Ärzte (GOÄ) (Germany)</li> <li>Nomenclature des prestations de santé de l'institut national d'assurance maladie invalidité (Belgium)</li> <li><a href="/facts/NOMESCO/YYAwUmaG">NOMESCO</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/Nordic_Council/y1Kd1xKP">Nordic Council</a>, and to some extent in the <a href="/facts/Baltic_states/s48uxWb6">Baltic states</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/OPCS-4/mKzvRFh8">OPCS-4</a> (used by the NHS in England)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/OPS-301/7dJbogsa">OPS-301</a> (adaptation of ICPM used in Germany)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Read_code/jb2KQDFG">Read codes</a>, used in United Kingdom General Practice</li> <li><a href="/facts/TARMED/PbYzbmba">TARMED</a> (Switzerland)</li></ul> <h3>Other</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Australian_Classification_of_Health_Interventions/oK8HPSw6">Australian Classification of Health Interventions</a> (ACHI)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Diagnosis_code/n6CMd9oD">Diagnosis code</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Medical_classification/UVzn2ggP">Medical classification</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Chargemaster/XHtAM3ma">Chargemaster</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"WHO / International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI)". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2011-06-14. <a href="https://www.who.int/classifications/ichi/en/" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/classifications/ichi/en/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"CCI to replace ICD-9 in Canada". CODING AND BILLING SALARY. May 9, 2016. <a href="http://codingandbillingsalary.com/cci-replace-icd-9-canada/" target="_blank">http://codingandbillingsalary.com/cci-replace-icd-9-canada/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"CNC - NIC Overview | College of Nursing - The University of Iowa". nursing.uiowa.edu. <a href="https://nursing.uiowa.edu/cncce/nursing-interventions-classification-overview" target="_blank">https://nursing.uiowa.edu/cncce/nursing-interventions-classification-overview</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>ccam.sante.fr Archived October 16, 2005, at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.ccam.sante.fr/" target="_blank">http://www.ccam.sante.fr/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Home". <a href="http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/data/clinicalcoding/codingstandards/opcs4" target="_blank">http://systems.hscic.gov.uk/data/clinicalcoding/codingstandards/opcs4</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>fhs.usyd.edu.au Archived June 20, 2005, at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/ncchwww/site/4.1.3.htm" target="_blank">http://www3.fhs.usyd.edu.au/ncchwww/site/4.1.3.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>