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) ^*

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.) ^*
• Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) (used in United States) ^*
• SNOMED (P axis)(english only, translations available but not useful)

European

• OPS-301 (adaptation of ICPM used in Germany) ^*
• OPCS-4.2 (used in England) ^*
• OPCS-4.3 (used in England) ^*
• Classification des Actes Médicaux (CCAM) (used in France) ^*

Other

• Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI) ^*

See also

• diagnosis codes
• medical classification

clinical procedure classification