Medical classification systems in Canada: moving toward the year 2000

 

Table 2: Proposed prefixes and corresponding sections of the Canadian Classification of Health Interventions
Prefix Section
1 Physical and physiologic therapeutic interventions (including surgical and nonsurgical therapies)
2 Other diagnostic interventions/procedures not classified elsewhere
3 Diagnostic imaging interventions/procedures
4 Diagnostic laboratory interventions/procedures
5 Obstetric and fetal interventions
6 Cognitive, psychosocial, vocational and communication therapeutic interventions
7 Personal care, activities of daily living, service planning and coordination, clinical and administrative support activities
8 Manufacturing/compounding
9 Other interventions not classified elsewhere

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