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`!Procedure codes`! are a sub-type of medical classification used to identify specific `F33f`_`[surgical`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Surgery]`_`f, `F33f`_`[medical`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Medical_procedure]`_`f, or `F33f`_`[diagnostic interventions`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Diagnosis]`_`f. The structure of the codes will depend on the classification; for example some use a numerical system, others alphanumeric.

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[Examples of procedure codes`#examples-of-procedure-codes]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[International`#international]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[North American`#north-american]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[European`#european]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Other`#other]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[See also`#see-also]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

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>>Examples of procedure codes

>>>International

• `F33f`_`[International Classification of Primary Care`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=International_Classification_of_Primary_Care]`_`f (ICPC-2), as well as procedure codes; ICPC-2 also contains diagnosis codes, reasons for encounter (RFE), and process of care.

• `F33f`_`[International Classification of Procedures in Medicine`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=International_Classification_of_Procedures_in_Medicine]`_`f (ICPM) and `F33f`_`[International Classification of Health Interventions`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=International_Classification_of_Health_Interventions]`_`f (ICHI)`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f]

• `F33f`_`[SNOMED CT`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=SNOMED_CT]`_`f

>>>North American

• `F33f`_`[Canadian Classification of Health Interventions`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Canadian_Classification_of_Health_Interventions]`_`f (CCI) (used in Canada. Replaced CCP.) `:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]

• `F33f`_`[Current Dental Terminology`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Current_Dental_Terminology]`_`f (CDT)

• `F33f`_`[Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Healthcare_Common_Procedure_Coding_System]`_`f (including `F33f`_`[Current Procedural Terminology`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Current_Procedural_Terminology]`_`f) (for outpatient use; used in United States)

• `F33f`_`[ICD-10 Procedure Coding System`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ICD-10_Procedure_Coding_System]`_`f (ICD-10-PCS) (for inpatient use; used in United States)

• `F33f`_`[ICD-9-CM Volume 3`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ICD-9-CM_Volume_3]`_`f (subset of `F33f`_`[ICD-9-CM`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ICD]`_`f) (formerly used in United States prior to the introduction of the ICD-10-PCS)

• `F33f`_`[Nursing Interventions Classification`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Nursing_Interventions_Classification]`_`f (NIC) (used in United States) `:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f]

• `F33f`_`[Nursing Minimum Data Set`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Nursing_Minimum_Data_Set]`_`f (NMDS)

• `F33f`_`[Nursing Outcomes Classification`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Nursing_Outcomes_Classification]`_`f (NOC)

>>>European

• `F33f`_`[Classification des Actes Médicaux`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Classification_des_Actes_Médicaux]`_`f (CCAM) (used in France)`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f]

• `F33f`_`[Classificatie van verrichtingen`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Classificatie_van_verrichtingen]`_`f (Dutch)

• Gebührenordnung für Ärzte (GOÄ) (Germany)

• Nomenclature des prestations de santé de l'institut national d'assurance maladie invalidité (Belgium)

• `F33f`_`[NOMESCO`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=NOMESCO]`_`f, 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 `F33f`_`[Nordic Council`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Nordic_Council]`_`f, and to some extent in the `F33f`_`[Baltic states`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Baltic_states]`_`f.

• `F33f`_`[OPCS-4`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=OPCS-4]`_`f (used by the NHS in England)`:cite-ref-5[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-5]`_`f]

• `F33f`_`[OPS-301`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=OPS-301]`_`f (adaptation of ICPM used in Germany)

• `F33f`_`[Read codes`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Read_code]`_`f, used in United Kingdom General Practice

• `F33f`_`[TARMED`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=TARMED]`_`f (Switzerland)

>>>Other

• `F33f`_`[Australian Classification of Health Interventions`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Australian_Classification_of_Health_Interventions]`_`f (ACHI)`:cite-ref-6[`F5bf`_`[6`#cite-note-6]`_`f]

>>See also

• `F33f`_`[Diagnosis code`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Diagnosis_code]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Medical classification`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Medical_classification]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Chargemaster`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Chargemaster]`_`f

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "WHO / International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI)". `F33f`_`[World Health Organization`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=World_Health_Organization]`_`f. Retrieved 2011-06-14.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f "CCI to replace ICD-9 in Canada". `*CODING AND BILLING SALARY`*. May 9, 2016.

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f "CNC - NIC Overview | College of Nursing - The University of Iowa". `*nursing.uiowa.edu`*.

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f ccam.sante.fr Archived October 16, 2005, at the `F33f`_`[Wayback Machine`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wayback_Machine]`_`f

`:cite-note-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-5]`_`f "Home".

`:cite-note-6`!6.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-6]`_`f fhs.usyd.edu.au Archived June 20, 2005, at the `F33f`_`[Wayback Machine`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wayback_Machine]`_`f

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