The Canadian Classification of Health Interventions (CCI) is a system of
procedure code
Procedure codes are a sub-type of medical classification used to identify specific surgery, surgical, medical procedure, medical, or diagnosis, diagnostic interventions. The structure of the codes will depend on the classification; for example so ...
s used in
Canada
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developed and maintained by the
Canadian Institute for Health Information
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides essential information on Canada's health systems and the health of Canadians. CIHI provides comparable and actionable data and in ...
.
The codes contain letters and numbers and long and short name is provided. For example, CCI code '5MD53JE' has short name 'Deliv by forceps rotation w episiotomy' and long name'Forceps traction and rotation, with episiotomy forceps rotation only with manually assisted delivery (e.g. DeLee key-in-lock, Maughan maneuver)'.
2018 CIC version contains more than 17 thousand procedural codes defined.
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20170202130435/https://www.cihi.ca/en/data-and-standards/standards/classification-and-coding/canadian-classification-of-health
* http://www.hcaiinfo.ca/Health_Care_Facility_Provider/documents/appendices/CCI_Vol4_2006%20Alpha%20Index.pdf
Healthcare in Canada
Clinical procedure classification
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