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1.7.3 Codes and terminology sources

ACR

Index for Radiological Diagnosis, Revised 3rd Edition

CPT4

Current Procedural Terminology [ Available from American Medical Association, P O Box 10946, Chicago, IL 60610]

CAS

USAN 1990 and the USP dictionary of drug names [ William M. Heller, Ph.D., Executive Editor. Available from United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., 12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852. ]

EUCLIDES

European standard for clinical laboratory data exchange [ Available from G. De Moor, M.D., Dept. of Medical Informatics 5K3, State University Hospital Gent, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 GENT, BELGIUM ]

Home Health

Home Healthcare Classification System (Virginia Saba, EdD, RN, Georgetown U. School of Nursing, Washington DC)

HIBCC

Standard for electronic business data interchange

ICCS

Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities

ICD-9

International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision

ICD9-CM

International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification Manual of Clinical Microbiology [ Available from American Society for Microbiology, 1913 Eye St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20006. ]

NANDA

North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, Philadelphia PA

NDC

National drug codes [ Available from the National Drug Code Directory, FDA, Rockville, MD, and other sources]

NIC

Nursing Interventions Classification, Iowa Intervention Project. U. of Iowa

NLM

Unified Medical Language [ Available from National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894]

Omaha System

Omaha Visiting Nurse Association, Omaha NE

Read

Clinical Classification of Medicine [ Available from James D. Read, MB, ChB, DRCOG, MRCGP, General Medical Practitioner, Park View Surgery, 26-28 Leicester Rd., Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 2AG.]

SNOMED III

Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine [ Available from American College of Pathology, Skokie, IL ]

WHO

Drug Codes [ Available from INTDIS, P O Box 26, S-751 03 Uppsele, Sweden]

UMDNS

Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System [ Available from ECRI, 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 ]

FDA K10

Device Codes Device and analyte process codes [ Available from Dept. of Health & Human Services, FDA, Rockville, MD 20857 ]

LOINC

Laboratory Object Identifier and Numerical Code14

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