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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p>In <a href="Medicine" title="Medicine">medicine</a>, a <b>topographical code</b> (or <b>topography code</b>) is a code that indicates a specific location in the body.<sup id="cite_ref-anatomy_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anatomy-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Only the first of these is a system dedicated only to topography. The others are more generalized systems that contain topographic axes.
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<ul><li><a href="Nomina_Anatomica" title="Nomina Anatomica">Nomina Anatomica</a> (updated to <a href="Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">Terminologia Anatomica</a>)</li>
<li><a href="International_Classification_of_Diseases_for_Oncology#Topography" title="International Classification of Diseases for Oncology">ICD-O</a></li>
<li><a href="Systematized_Nomenclature_of_Medicine#T_.28Topography.29_--_Anatomic_terms" title="Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine">SNOMED</a></li>
<li><a href="Medical_Subject_Headings" title="Medical Subject Headings">MeSH</a> (the 'A' axis)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Medical_classification" title="Medical classification">Medical classification</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Federative_International_Programme_on_Anatomical_Terminology" title="Federative International Programme on Anatomical Terminology">Terminologia</a>
<ul><li><a href="Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA</a></li>
<li><a href="Terminologia_Histologica" title="Terminologia Histologica">TH</a></li>
<li><a href="Terminologia_Embryologica" title="Terminologia Embryologica">TE</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Systematized_Nomenclature_of_Medicine#T_(Topography)_--_Anatomic_terms" title="Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine">SNOMED T axis</a></li>
<li><a href="Medical_Subject_Headings" title="Medical Subject Headings">MeSH A axis</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Diagnosis_code" title="Diagnosis code">Diagnostic codes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="International_Classification_of_Diseases" title="International Classification of Diseases">ICD</a>
<ul><li><a href="ICD-9" class="mw-redirect" title="ICD-9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="ICD-10" title="ICD-10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="ICD-11" title="ICD-11">11</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="International_Classification_of_Primary_Care" title="International Classification of Primary Care">ICPC-2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_des_r%C3%A9sultats_de_consultation" class="extiw external" title="fr:Dictionnaire des résultats de consultation">DRC</a></li>
<li><a href="NANDA" class="mw-redirect" title="NANDA">NANDA</a></li>
<li><a href="Read_code" title="Read code">Read codes</a></li>
<li><a href="Systematized_Nomenclature_of_Medicine" title="Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine">SNOMED D axis</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="International_Classification_of_Diseases_for_Oncology" title="International Classification of Diseases for Oncology">ICD-O</a></li>
<li><a href="International_Classification_of_Sleep_Disorders" title="International Classification of Sleep Disorders">ICSD</a></li>
<li><a href="International_Classification_of_Headache_Disorders" title="International Classification of Headache Disorders">ICHD</a></li>
<li><a href="The_International_League_of_Dermatological_Societies" title="The International League of Dermatological Societies">ILDS</a></li>
<li><a href="Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders" title="Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders">DSM</a>
<ul><li><a href="DSM-IV_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="DSM-IV codes">IV</a></li>
<li><a href="DSM-5" title="DSM-5">5</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="British_Pediatric_Association_Classification_of_Diseases" title="British Pediatric Association Classification of Diseases">BPA</a></li>
<li><a href="Chinese_Classification_of_Mental_Disorders" title="Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders">CCMD-3</a></li>
<li><a href="Orchard_Sports_Injury_and_Illness_Classification_System" title="Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System">OSIICS</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Healthcare_Common_Procedure_Coding_System" title="Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System">HCPCS</a> (<a href="Current_Procedural_Terminology" title="Current Procedural Terminology">CPT</a>, <a href="HCPCS_Level_2" title="HCPCS Level 2">Level 2</a>)</li>
<li><a href="International_Statistical_Classification_of_Diseases_and_Related_Health_Problems" class="mw-redirect" title="International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems">ICD</a>
<ul><li><a href="ICD-9-CM_Volume_3" title="ICD-9-CM Volume 3">9-CM Volume 3</a></li>
<li><a href="ICD-10_Procedure_Coding_System" title="ICD-10 Procedure Coding System">10 PCS</a></li>
<li><a href="International_Classification_of_Health_Interventions" title="International Classification of Health Interventions">ICHI</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Nursing_Interventions_Classification" title="Nursing Interventions Classification">NIC</a></li>
<li><a href="Systematized_Nomenclature_of_Medicine" title="Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine">SNOMED P axis</a></li>
<li><a href="OPS-301" title="OPS-301">OPS-301</a></li>
<li><a href="Read_code" title="Read code">Read codes</a>/<a href="OPCS-4" title="OPCS-4">OPCS-4</a></li>
<li><a href="Classification_Commune_des_Actes_M%C3%A9dicaux" title="Classification Commune des Actes Médicaux">CCAM</a></li>
<li><a href="LOINC" title="LOINC">LOINC</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Anatomical_Therapeutic_Chemical_Classification_System" title="Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System">ATC</a></li>
<li><a href="National_drug_code" title="National drug code">NDC</a></li>
<li><a href="Systematized_Nomenclature_of_Medicine" title="Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine">SNOMED C axis</a></li>
<li><a href="Drug_Identification_Number" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug Identification Number">DIN</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Outcomes codes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Nursing_Outcomes_Classification" title="Nursing Outcomes Classification">NOC</a></li></ul>
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