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Medical classification systems are used for a variety of applications in medicine and medical informatics

• statistical analysis of diseases and therapeutic actions
• reimbursement e.g. based on DRGs
• knowledge-based and decision support systems
• direct surveillance of epidemic or pandemic outbreaks

Contents 1 Types of classification 2 List of medical classification systems 2.1 Specialized for medicine 2.1.1 Part of WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) [1] 2.1.1.1 Reference Classifications 2.1.1.2 Related Classifications 2.1.1.3 Derived Classifications 2.1.2 Other 2.2 Library classification that have medical components 3 See also 4 External links

Types of classification Edit

• Diagnostic codes
• Procedural codes
• Pharmaceutical codes
• Topographical codes

List of medical classification systems Edit

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Specialized for medicineEdit

Part of WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC) [1] Edit

Reference ClassificationsEdit

• International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD)
• International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) [2]
• International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) -- under development [3]

Related Classifications Edit

• International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2) [4]
• International Classification of External Causes of Injury (ICECI) [5]
• Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System (ATC/DDD)
• Technical aids for persons with disabilities: Classification and terminology (ISO9999) [6]

Derived Classifications Edit

• International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition (ICD-O-3)
• ICD-10 for Mental and Behavioural Disorders [7]
• Application of the International Classification of Diseases to Dentistry and Stomatology, 3rd Edition (ICD-DA) [8]
• Application of the International Classification of Diseases to Neurology (ICD-10-NA) [9]
• International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for Children and Youth (ICF-CY) [10]

OtherEdit

• ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS)
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
• Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED)
• TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours
• Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
• Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
• Current Procedural Terminology (CPT-4)
• Health Care Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)
• North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)
• Read Codes
• Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC)

Library classification that have medical componentsEdit

• Dewey Decimal System and Universal Decimal Classification (section 610-620)
• Library of Congress Classification:Class R -- Medicine
• National Library of Medicine classification

See alsoEdit

• Nosology
• Biological database

External linksEdit

• Comparison of classification
• WHO Family of International Classifications
• List of classifications in UMLS

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