OPCS-4
OPCS-4
OPCS-4 (pronounced: "O-P-C-S-four"), an acronym for Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Classification of Interventions and Procedures, version 4, is a system of codes used by the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom to classify surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures.
Etymology
The term "OPCS-4" is derived from the name of the office that originally developed the system, the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS), and the version number, 4. The OPCS was a former department of the United Kingdom government responsible for the collection and publication of statistics related to the population and public health.
Related Terms
- Clinical Coding: The process of translating descriptions of medical diagnoses and procedures into universal medical code numbers.
- ICD-10: The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision, a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO).
- SNOMED CT: Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms, a systematically organized computer processable collection of medical terms providing codes, terms, synonyms and definitions.
- Healthcare Resource Group (HRG): A system of patient classification used in the United Kingdom to determine payment for healthcare services.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on OPCS-4
- Wikipedia's article - OPCS-4
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