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| Value | Description | Comment / Source | Category | Status |
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| 99zzz or L | Local general code for a site-defined code system used for a specific set of trading partners. The 'zzz' SHALL be any printable ASCII string. Length of the name SHALL not exceed field width, and is subject to local implementation. | These local code system names are case sensitive. For example, 99XYZ SHALL be treated as a different code system from 99xYz. The 'zzz' may be any printable ASCII string of variable length, but the recommendation is to generally use only numbers and upper | General Codes | Active |
| ACR | American College of Radiology finding codes | Index for Radiological Diagnosis Revised, 3rd Edition 1986, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| ACTCODE | Table of HL7 Version 3 ActCode values | For use in v2.x systems interoperating with V3 systems. Identical to the code system 2.16.840.1.113883.5.4 ActCode in the Version 3 vocabulary. | General Codes | Active |
| ACTRELSS | Used to indicate that the target of the relationship will be a filtered subset of the total related set of targets. Used when there is a need to limit the number of components to the first, the last, the next, the total, the average or some other filtered or calculated subset. | V3 coding system. Download with V3 materials. | General Codes | Active |
| ALPHAID2006 | German Alpha-ID v2006 | ID of the alphabetical Index ICD-10-GM-2006. Alpha-ID. | Active | |
| ALPHAID2007 | German Alpha-ID v2007 | ID of the alphabetical Index ICD-10-GM-2007. Alpha-ID. | Active | |
| ALPHAID2008 | German Alpha-ID v2008 | ID of the alphabetical Index ICD-10-GM-2008. Alpha-ID. | Active | |
| ALPHAID2009 | German Alpha-ID v2009 | ID of the alphabetical Index ICD-10-GM-2009. Alpha-ID. | Active | |
| AMTv2 | Australian Medicines Terminology (v2) | The national terminology to identify medicines used in Australia, using unique codes to deliver unambiguous, accurate and standardised names for both branded (trade) and generic (medicinal) products. | Drug code | Active |
| ANS+ | HL7 set of units of measure | HL7 set of units of measure based upon ANSI X3.50 - 1986, ISO 2988-83, and US customary units / see chapter 7, section 7.4.2.6. | Active | |
| ART | WHO Adverse Reaction Terms | WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring, Box 26, S-751 03, Uppsala, Sweden. | Drug code | Active |
| AS4 | ASTM E1238/ E1467 Universal | American Society for Testing & Materials and CPT4 (see Appendix X1 of Specification E1238 and Appendix X2 of Specification E1467). | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| AS4E | AS4 Neurophysiology Codes | ASTM’s diagnostic codes and test result coding/grading systems for clinical neurophysiology. See ASTM Specification E1467, Appendix 2. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| ATC | American Type Culture Collection | Reference cultures (microorganisms, tissue cultures, etc.), related biological materials and associated data. American Type Culture Collection, 12301 Parklawn Dr, Rockville MD, 20852. (301) 881-2600. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| C4 | CPT-4 | American Medical Association, P.O. Box 10946, Chicago IL 60610. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| C5 | CPT-5 | Not currently being worked on, no proposed release date at this time. American Medical Association, P.O. Box 10946, Chicago IL 60610. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Obsolete |
| CAPECC | College of American Pathologists Electronic Cancer Checklist | Each code in this system represents a single line in a database template for the College of American Pathologists Electronic Cancer Checklist (CAP eCC). Each line and its code corresponds to either a question or an answer selection. The code is in a de | Specific, Non-drug code | Active |
| CAS | Chemical abstract codes | These include unique codes for each unique chemical, including all generic drugs. The codes do not distinguish among different dosing forms. When multiple equivalent CAS numbers exist, use the first one listed in USAN. USAN 1990 and the USP dictionary of | Drug code | Active |
| CCC | Clinical Care Classification system | Clinical Care Classification System (formerly Home Health Care Classification system) codes. The Clinical Care Classification (CCC) consists of two terminologies: CCC of Nursing Diagnoses and CCC of Nursing Interventions both of which are classified by | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| CD2 | CDT-2 Codes | American Dental Association’s Current Dental Terminology (CDT-2) code. American Dental Association, 211 E. Chicago Avenue,. Chicago, Illinois 60611. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| CDCA | CDC Analyte Codes | Public Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA, 30421. Also available via FTP: ftp.cdc.gov/pub/laboratory _info/CLIA and Gopher: gopher.cdc.gov:70/11/laboratory_info/CLIA | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| CDCEDACUITY | CDC Emergency Department Acuity | Patient Acuity indicates level of care required (Acute, Chronic, Critical) | Public Health Code | Active |
| cdcgs1vis | VIS Bar Codes (IIS) | The purpose of the barcode on the bottom of the Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) is to provide an opportunity to electronically capture the VIS document type (e.g. influenza, MMR) and the edition date of the VIS, as required by the National Childhood | Public Health Code | Active |
| CDCINDUSTRY2010 | Industry CDC Census 2010 | 2010 Industry coding system used by CDC (NIOSH & NCHS) for coding industry text. Industry describes an economic/business sector comprised of businesses/ enterprises concerned with the output of a specified category of products or services (e.g., the cons | Demographic Code | New |
| CDCM | CDC Methods/Instruments Codes | Public Health Practice Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA, 30421. Also available via FTP | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| CDCNHSN | CDC National Healthcare Safety Network Codes | A set of patient safety and healthcare personnel safety vocabulary concepts and associated identifiers maintained as a code system by the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network. | General Codes | Active |
| CDCOBS | CDC BioSense RT observations (Census) - CDC | List of BioSense RT observations (Clinical) used in OBX-3 like Temperature, Bloodpressure and Census related observations. | Public Health Code | Active |
| CDCOCCUPATION2010 | Occupation CDC Census 2010 | 2010 Occupation coding system used by CDC (NIOSH & NCHS) for coding occupation text. Occupation describes a set of activities or tasks that individuals are paid to perform or, if unpaid, define a personÆs contribution to a household/family business/commu | Demographic Code | New |
| CDCODH | Occupational Data for Health (ODH) | The CDC NIOSH Occupational Data for Health (ODH) code system consists of data elements that describe a person's work information, structured to facilitate individual, population, and public health use. Not intended to support billing. Code System Source | Social History Codes | New |
| CDCPHINVS | CDC PHIN Vocabulary Coding System | CDC Public Health Information Network Vocabulary Service (PHIN VS) coding system concepts are used when the public health concepts are not available in the Standard Development Organization(SDO) Vocabulary like SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD-9, etc.. The concepts | Public Health Code | Active |
| CDCREC | Race & Ethnicity - CDC | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has prepared a code set for use in coding race and ethnicity data. This code set is based on current federal standards for classifying data on race and ethnicity, specifically the minimum race and | Demographic Code | Active |
| CDS | CDC Surveillance | CDC Surveillance Codes. For data unique to specific public health surveillance requirements. Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30333. (404) 639-3661. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| CE (obsolete) | CEN ECG diagnostic codes | CEN ECG diagnostic codes – (Obsolete, retained for backwards compatibility only. See the entry for the MDC coding system.) | Specific Non-Drug Code | Obsolete |
| Chrom-Loc | Cytogenetic (chromosome) location | Chromosome location (AKA chromosome locus or cytogenetic location), is the standardized syntax for recording the position of genes and large mutations. It consists of three parts: the Chromosome number (e 1-22, X, Y), an indicator of which arm – either “ | Genomic Code | Active |
| CLINVAR-V | ClinVar Variant ID | The ClinVar records have a field for Allele ID and for Variant ID. All simple variants have an Allele ID. At present, all complex and most simple variants also have a Variant ID, and by the end of 2016, all variants will have a variant ID. This coding sy | Genomic Code | Active |
| CLP | CLIP | Codes for radiology reports. Simon Leeming, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston MA. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| CMSOEC | OCE Edit Code | U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE). The edits that applied to the billing code. The OCE not only identifies individual errors but also indicates what actions should be taken and the reasons why | Financial | New |
| CMSOMC | OCE Modifier Code | U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE). The edits that applied to the code modifier. The OCE not only identifies individual errors but also indicates what actions should be taken and the reasons wh | Financial | New |
| COSMIC-Smpl | COSMIC – Simple variants | Copyright: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, http://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/cosmic/license This table includes only simple somatic (cancer) mutations, one per unique mutation ID. The codes is the COSMIC mutation ID, and the name uses Ensembl RefSeqs and the | Genomic Code | Active |
| COSMIC-Strc | COSMIC-Structural variants | The table for this coding system derives from COSMIC's structural variation tables. The identifiers for these are pure numbers with no prefix, and the name uses Mutation Type, the histological classification of the sample, and the primary tissue/cancer f | Genomic Code | Active |
| CPTM | CPT Modifier Code | Available for the AMA at the address listed for CPT above. These codes are found in Appendix A of CPT 2000 Standard Edition. (CPT 2000 Standard Edition, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL). | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| CST | COSTART | International coding system for adverse drug reactions. In the USA, maintained by the FDA, Rockville, MD. | Drug code | Active |
| CVX | CDC Vaccine Codes | National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1660 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, 30333 | Drug code | Active |
| dbVar-GL | dbVar-Germline | Germline and Somatic variants are presented in separate files. Accordingly, we have divided the coding system for dbVar the same way. This coding system represents the Germline dbVar variants. The records it carries have IDs with prefixes of RSV, RSSV, E | Genomic Code | Active |
| dbVar-som | dbVar-Somatic | Germline and Somatic variants are presented in separate files. Accordingly, we have divided the coding system for dbVar the same way. This coding system represents the Somatic (mostly cancer) variants in dbVar. As is true for the Germline half of dbVAR, | Genomic Code | Active |
| DCM | DICOM Controlled Terminology | Codes defined in DICOM Content Mapping Resource. Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM). NEMA Publication PS-3.16 National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA). Rosslyn, VA, 22209. Available at: | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| E | EUCLIDES | Available from Euclides Foundation International nv, Excelsiorlaan 4A, B-1930 Zaventem, Belgium; Phone: 32 2 720 90 60. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| E5 | Euclides quantity codes | Available from Euclides Foundation International nv (see above) | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| E6 | Euclides Lab method codes | Available from Euclides Foundation International nv, Excelsiorlaan 4A, B-1930 Zaventem, Belgium; Phone: 32 2 720 90 60. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| E7 | Euclides Lab equipment codes | Available from Euclides Foundation International nv (see above) | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| EDLEVEL | Education Level | For use in v2.x systems interoperating with V3 systems. Identical to the code system 2.16.840.1.113883.5.1077 EducationLevel in the Version 3 vocabulary. | General Codes | Active |
| ensembl-G | Ensembl genomic reference sequence | Set of Ensembl genomic reference sequences whose identifiers have a prefix of "ENSG." It only includes genomic sequences associated with genes and uses the whole build plus the chromosome number to identify chromosome reference sequences, rather than a s | Genomic Code | Active |
| Ensembl-P | Ensembl protein reference sequence | Set of Ensembl protein reference sequences. Their identifiers are distinguished by the prefix of "ENSP," and correspond to NCBI's "NP_" identifiers. | Genomic Code | Active |
| ensembl-T | Ensembl transcript reference sequence | Set of reference sequences for transcripts of coding regions. Their identifiers all have a prefix of "ENST." There are parallels for most (if not all) of what is in Ensembl within NCBI. "ENST" parallels NCBI's "NM_" identifiers. In general, Ensembl takes | Genomic Code | Active |
| ENTITYCODE | Entity Code | For use in v2.x systems interoperating with V3 systems. Identical to the code system 2.16.840.1.113883.5.1060 EntityCode in the Version 3 vocabulary. | General Codes | Active |
| ENTITYHDLG | Entity Handling Code | For use in v2.x systems interoperating with V3 systems. Identical to the code system 2.16.840.1.113883.5.42 EntityHandling in the Version 3 vocabulary. | General Codes | Active |
| ENZC | Enzyme Codes | Enzyme Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Enzyme Nomenclature: Recommendations on the Nomenclature and Classification of Enzyme-Catalysed Reactions. London: Academic Press, 1992. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| EPASRS | EPA SRS | Subset of EPA SRS listing chemicals that are present in ECOTOX, STORET and TRI. | Non-Drug Chemical Code | Active |
| FDAUNII | Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII) | The Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII) generated from the FDA Substance Registration System (SRS). | Drug Code | Active |
| FDDC | First DataBank Drug Codes | National Drug Data File. Proprietary product of First DataBank, Inc. (800) 633-3453, or http://www.firstdatabank.com. | Drug code | Active |
| FDDX | First DataBank Diagnostic Codes | Used for drug-diagnosis interaction checking. Proprietary product of First DataBank, Inc. As above for FDDC. | Drug code | Active |
| FDK | FDA K10 | Dept. of Health & Human Services, Food & Drug Administration, Rockville, MD 20857. (device & analyte process codes). | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| FIPS5_2 | FIPS 5-2 (State) | Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas. | Demographic Code | Active |
| FIPS55_3 | Populated Places (FIPS 55-3) | Codes for Named Populated Places, Primary County Divisions, and Other Locational Entities of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Outlying Areas (without codes) | Demographic Code | Active |
| FIPS6_4 | FIPS 6-4 (County) | Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 6-4 provides the names and codes that represent the counties and other entities treated as equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the possessions and | Demographic Code | Active |
| GDRG2004 | G-DRG German DRG Codes v 2004 | German Handbook for DRGs. The THREE versions, "2004" , "2005" and "2006" are active | Obsolete | |
| GDRG2005 | G-DRG German DRG Codes v 2005 | German Handbook for DRGs. The THREE versions, "2004" , "2005" and "2006" are active | Obsolete | |
| GDRG2006 | G-DRG German DRG Codes v 2006 | German Handbook for DRGs. The THREE versions, "2004" , "2005" and "2006" are active | Active | |
| GDRG2007 | G-DRG German DRG Codes v2007 | German Handbook for DRGs 2007. | Active | |
| GDRG2008 | G-DRG German DRG Codes v2008 | German Handbook for DRGs 2008. | Active | |
| GDRG2009 | G-DRG German DRG Codes v2008 | German Handbook for DRGs 2009. | Active | |
| GMDC2004 | German Major Diagnostic Codes v 1004 | German Major Diagnostic Codes version "2004" | Obsolete | |
| GMDC2005 | German Major Diagnostic Codes v2005 | Obsolete | ||
| GMDC2006 | German Major v2006 Diagnostic Codes | Active | ||
| GMDC2007 | German Major Diagnostic Codes v2007 | German Major Diagnostic Codes 2007. | Active | |
| GMDC2008 | German Major Diagnostic Codes v2008 | German Major Diagnostic Codes v2008. | Active | |
| HB | HIBCC | Health Industry Business Communications Council, 5110 N. 40th St., Ste 120, Phoenix, AZ 85018. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| HCPCS | CMS (formerly HCFA) Common Procedure Coding System | The genuine HCPCS codes and modifiers of level II can be found at http://www.hcfa.gov/stats/anhcpcdl.htm. CMS distributes the HCPCS codes via the National Technical Information Service (NTIS, www.ntis.gov) and NTIS distribution includes the CDT-2 part of | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| HCPT | Health Care Provider Taxonomy | Formerly the responsibility of Workgroup 15 (Provider Information) within ANSI ASC X12N, all maintenance is now done by NUCC (turned over in 2001). Primary distribution is the responsibility of Washington Publishing Company, through its World Wide Web | Specific Non-Drug Code | Updated |
| HGNC-Symb | HGNC-symb | Realize that the NCBI also published gene codes with the HGNC Symbol (where it exists) but with a different code because HGNC has not assigned all of the existing genes symbols and codes until there is general agreement from the genetics community on wha | Genomic Code | Active |
| HGVS.c | HGVS- Transcript syntax | Syntax that describes variations (mutations) at the transcript (messenger RNA) level. The transcript syntax statements, which can describe simple and complex variants, are distinguished by a leading "c." | Genomic Code | Active |
| HGVS.g | HGVS- Genomic syntax | Syntax that describes the variations (mutations) at the genome level (the DNA before it is spliced to remove introns). The genomic syntax statements are distinguished by a leading "g." | Genomic Code | Active |
| HGVS.p | HGVS-Protein syntax | Syntax that specifies the variations (mutations) at the amino acid level, which is induced by underlying DNA variants. The protein change statements are distinguished by a leading "p." | Genomic Code | Active |
| HHC | Home Health Care | Home Health Care Classification System; Virginia Saba, EdD, RN; Georgetown University School of Nursing; Washington, DC. Superceded by 'CCC' (see above); this entry is retained for backward-compatibility. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| HI | Health Outcomes | Health Outcomes Institute codes for outcome variables available (with responses) from Stratis Health (formerly Foundation for Health Care Evaluation and Health Outcomes Institute), 2901 Metro Drive, Suite 400, Bloomington, MN, 55425-1525; (612) 854-3306 | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| HL7nnnn | Health Level Seven defined table of codes, where nnnn is the HL7 table number. The number is four numeric digits as published in HL7 Version 2 chapter 2C. For example, HL70001. | The table value HL7nnnn is meant to restrict the value to the characters 'HL7' and four numeric digits e.g. HL70001 is valid, examples of invalid values include HL71, HL701, HL7001. | General code | Obsolete |
| HOT | Japanese Nationwide Medicine Code | Active | ||
| HPC | CMS (formerly HCFA )Procedure Codes (HCPCS) | The HCPCS code is divided into three "levels." Level I includes the entire CPT-4 code by reference. Level II includes the American Dental Association’s Current Dental Terminology (CDT-2) code by reference. Level II also includes the genuine HCPCS code | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| HSLOC | Healthcare Service Location | A comprehensive classification of locations and settings where healthcare services are provided. This code system is based on the NHSN location code system that has been developed over a number of years through CDC's interaction with a variety of healthc | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| I10 | ICD-10 | World Health Publications, Albany, NY. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| I10C | International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) | ICD-10-CM is a clinical modification of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10) published by the United States for reporting diagnosis in morbidity settings. Additional information is a | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| I10G2004 | ICD 10 Germany 2004 | Three code sets exist I10G2004, I10G2005, I10G2006 | Obsolete | |
| I10G2005 | ICD 10 Germany 2005 | Three code sets exist I10G2004 | Obsolete | |
| I10G2006 | ICD 10 Germany 2006 | Three code sets exist I10G2004 | Active | |
| I10P | International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) | ICD-10-PCS is a procedure classification published by the United States for classifying procedures performed in hospital inpatient health care settings. Additional information is available at: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/2013-ICD-10-PCS-GEMs | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| I10P0 | ICD-10 Place of Occurrence | Specific Non-Drug Code | New | |
| I9 | ICD9 | World Health Publications, Albany, NY. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| I9C | International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) | ICD-9-CM is a clinical modification of the World Health Organization's 9th Revision, International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9). ICD-9-CM is the official system of assigning codes to diagnoses and procedures associated with healthcare utilization i | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| I9CDX | ICD-9CM Diagnosis codes | Indicates codes from ICD-9-CM drawn from Volumes 1 and 2, which cover diagnosis codes only. | Active | |
| I9CP | ICD-9CM Procedure codes | Indicates codes from ICD-9-CM drawn from Volume 3, which covers procedure codes only. | Active | |
| IBT | ISBT | Retained for backward compatibility only as of v 2.5. This code value has been superceded by the individual codes IBTnnnn (where nnnn identifies a specific table in ISBT 128). Tables commencing with IBT are used in transfusion/transplantation and mainta | Specific Non-Drug Code | Obsolete |
| IBT0001 | ISBT 128 Standard transfusion/transplantation data items | ISBT 128 Standard data items used in transfusion/transplantation and maintained by ICCBBA, PO Box 11309, San Bernardino, CA | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| IC2 | ICHPPC-2 | International Classification of Health Problems in Primary Care, Classification Committee of World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners (WONCA), 3rd edition. An adaptation of ICD9 intended for us | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| ICD10AM | ICD-10 Australian modification | Active | ||
| ICD10CA | ICD-10 Canada | Active | ||
| ICD10GM2007 | ICD 10 Germany v2007 | ICD German modification for 2007. | Active | |
| ICD10GM2008 | ICD 10 Germany v2008 | ICD German modification for 2008. | Active | |
| ICD10GM2009 | ICD 10 Germany v2009 | ICD German modification for 2009. | Active | |
| ICDO | International Classification of Diseases for Oncology | International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 2nd Edition. World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland, 1990. Order from: College of American Pathologists, 325 Waukegan Road, Northfield, IL, 60093-2750. (847) 446-8800. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| ICDO2 | International Classification of Disease for Oncology Second Edition | Percy C, VanHolten V, and Muir C, editors. International Classification of Diseases for Oncology. Second Edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 1990. The ICD-9 neoplasm structure did not include morphology and there was a growing interest by phys | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| ICDO3 | International Classification of Disease for Oncology Third Edition | Fritz A, Percy C, Jack A, Shanmugaratnam K, Sobin L, Parkin D, et al, editors. International Classification of Diseases for Oncology. Third Edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2000. The ICD-9 neoplasm structure did not include morphology and t | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| ICF | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) | ICF is a classification of those characteristics of health involving functional impairments, activity limitations, or participation restrictions that are often associated with disability. The ICF classification complements the World Health Organization's | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| ICS | ICCS | Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities, 1968 Green Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| ICSD | International Classification of Sleep Disorders | International Classification of Sleep Disorders Diagnostic and Coding Manual, 1990, available from American Sleep Disorders Association, 604 Second Street SW, Rochester, MN 55902 | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| IHELAW | IHE Laboratory Analytical Workflow (LAW) Profile Codes. | Classifications for message elements required by the IHE Laboratory Analytical Workflow (LAW) Profile The codes are part of the IHE LAW Profile, and it will be published as part of the IHE Laboratory Technical Framework. The technical framework documents | IVD Instrument Interface | active |
| ISCN | International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature (ISCN) | Source organization: The International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature (ISCN) The International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature (ISCN) has served as the central reference for describing the human chromosome complement. | Genomic Code | Active |
| ISO+ | ISO 2955.83 (units of measure) with HL7 extensions | See chapter 7, section 7.4.2.6 | Active | |
| ISO3166_1 | ISO 3166-1 Country Codes | International Standards Organization standard 3166 contains 3 parts. Part 1 contains three tables for codes for countries of the world. These are 2-character alphabetic, 3-character alphabetic, and numeric codes. | Demographics | Active |
| ISO3166_2 | ISO 3166-2 Country subdivisions | International Standards Organization standard 3166 contains 3 parts. Part 2 contains a complete breakdown into a relevant level of administrative subdivisions of all countries listed in ISO 3166-1. The code elements used consist of the alpha-2 code elem | Demographics | Active |
| ISO4217 | ISO4217 Currency Codes | ISO's currency codes, which are based on the ISO country codes are published in the standard ISO 4217:2008 Codes for the representation of currencies and funds. This International Standard specifies the structure for a three-letter alphabetic code and a | Financial | Active |
| ISO639 | ISO 639 Language | International Standards Organization codes for the representation of names of languages. ISO 639 provides two sets of language codes, one as a two-character code set (639-1) and another as a three-character code set (639-2) for the representation of nam | Demographics | Active |
| ISOnnnn | ISO Defined Codes where nnnn is the ISO table number. (deprecated) | International Standards Organization tables. This has been deprecated since the ISO numbered standards are not the same as tables, and there are no "ISO table numbers". Some standards contains tables of values, and some contain more than one table. In | General code | Obsolete |
| ITIS | Integrated Taxonomic Information System | This is a taxonomic hierarchy for living organisms. | Active | |
| IUPC | IUPAC/IFCC Component Codes | Codes used by IUPAC/IFF to identify the component (analyte) measured. Contact Henrik Olesen, as above for IUPP. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| IUPP | IUPAC/IFCC Property Codes | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry/International Federation of Clinical Chemistry. The Silver Book: Compendium of terminology and nomenclature of properties in clinical laboratory sciences. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publishers, 1995. He | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| JC10 | JLAC/JSLM, nationwide laboratory code | Source: Classification &Coding for Clinical Laboratory. Japanese Society of Laboratory Medicine(JSLM, Old:Japan Society of Clinical Pathology). Version 10, 1997. A multiaxial code including a analyte code (e.g., Rubella = 5f395), identification code (e. | Active | |
| JC8 | Japanese Chemistry | Clinical examination classification code. Japan Association of Clinical Pathology. Version 8, 1990. A multiaxial code including a subject code (e.g., Rubella = 5f395, identification code (e.g., virus ab IGG), a specimen code (e.g., serum =023) and a met | withdrawn | Active |
| JJ1017 | Japanese Image Examination Cache | Active | ||
| LANGUAL | LanguaL | LanguaL stands for "Langua aLimentaria" or "language of food" LanguaL is a multilingual thesaural system using facetted classification about food. Terms reprented in PHIN VADS will be limited to the English language version. | Food Code | Active |
| LB | Local billing code | Local billing codes/names (with extensions if needed). | General code | Active |
| LN | Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC®) | Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) provides a set of universal codes and names for identifying laboratory and other clinical observations. One of the main goals of LOINC is to facilitate the exchange and pooling of results for clini | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| LRG-RefSeq | Locus Reference Genomic (LRG) | It has a total of 1073 sequences, as of April 2016 with identifiers of the form: "LRG_####", where #### can be from 1 to N, and N is the last gene processed. See PMIDs: 24285302, 20398331, 20428090 for more information. LRG is a manually curated record | Genomic Code | Active |
| MCD | Medicaid | Medicaid billing codes/names. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| MCR | Medicare | Medicare billing codes/names. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| MDC | Medical Device Communication | EN ISO/IEEE 11073-10101 Health informatics – Point-of-care medical device communication - Nomenclature | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| MDDX | Medispan Diagnostic Codes | Codes Used for drug-diagnosis interaction checking. Proprietary product. Hierarchical drug codes for identifying drugs down to manufacturer and pill size. MediSpan, Inc., 8425 Woodfield Crossing Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46240. Tel: (800) 428-4495. URL | Drug code | Active |
| MEDC | Medical Economics Drug Codes | Proprietary Codes for identifying drugs. Proprietary product of Medical Economics Data, Inc. (800) 223-0581. | Drug code | Active |
| Medgen-Dis | NCBI MedGen disease subset | It was derived from the NIH Genetic Testing Registry (GTR), UMLS, HPO, Orphanet, ClinVar and other sources, and is probably the most complete compendium of genetic diseases, though it also includes most common clinical diseases. It uses UMLS IDs when the | Disease-Finding | Active |
| MEDIATYPE | MIME Media Type IANA | Encoding as defined by MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| MEDR | Medical Dictionary for Drug Regulatory Affairs (MEDDRA) | Patrick Revelle, Director MSSO 12011 Sunset Hills Road, VAR1/7B52 Reston, VA 20190 Patrick.Revelle@ngc.com http://www.meddramsso.com/MSSOWeb/index.htm | Drug code | Active |
| MEDX | Medical Economics Diagnostic Codes | Used for drug-diagnosis interaction checking. Proprietary product of Medical Economics Data, Inc. (800) 223-0581. | Drug code | Active |
| MGPI | Medispan GPI | Medispan hierarchical drug codes for identifying drugs down to manufacturer and pill size. Proprietary product of MediSpan, Inc., 8425 Woodfield Crossing Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46240. Tel: (800) 428-4495. | Drug code | Active |
| MVX | CDC Vaccine Manufacturer Codes | As above, for CVX | Drug code | Active |
| NAICS | Industry (NAICS) | The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) consists of a set of six digit codes that classify and categorize industries. It also organizes the categories on a production/process-oriented basis. This new, uniform, industry-wide classifica | Demographic Code | Active |
| NCPDPnnnnsss | NCPDP code list for data element nnnn [as used in segment sss] | NCPDP maintain code list associated with the specified Data Element (nnnn) and Segment (sss). The Segment portion is optional if there is no specialization of the Data Element codes between segments. Examples: NCPDP1131RES = code set defined for NCP | Active | |
| NDA | NANDA | North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, Philadelphia, PA. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| NDC | National drug codes | These provide unique codes for each distinct drug, dosing form, manufacturer, and packaging. (Available from the National Drug Code Directory, FDA, Rockville, MD, and other sources.) | Drug code | Active |
| NDFRT | NDF-RT (Drug Classification) | The National Drug File RT (NDF-RT) is published by the US Veterans' Administration (VA). NDF-RT covers clinical drugs used at the VA. The NCI version of NDF-RT is used by NCI to provide automated terminology access to the Food and Drug Administration (FD | Drug Code | Active |
| NIC | Nursing Interventions Classification | Iowa Intervention Project, College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| NIP001 | Source of Information (Immunization) | CDC National Immunization Program's (NIP) defined table to be used in HL7 2.x message RXA-9 for documenting the source of information regarding immunization. E.g. From school, provider,public health agency. | Public Health Code | Active |
| NIP002 | Substance refusal reason | CDC National Immunization Program's (NIP) defined table to be used in HL7 2.x message RXA-18 for substance refusal reason (reasons for not having vaccination). E.g. Religious exemption, parental decision | Public Health Code | Active |
| NIP004 | Vaccination - Contraindications, Precautions, and Immunities | CDC National Immunization Program's (NIP) defined table for vaccine contraindications and precautions. E.g. Allergy to egg ingestion, thimerosol | Public Health Code | Active |
| NIP007 | Vaccinated at location (facility) | CDC National Immunization Program's (NIP) defined table for vaccinated at location (facility). E.g. Private doctor's office, Public Health Clinic | Public Health Code | Active |
| NIP008 | Vaccine purchased with (Type of funding) | CDC National Immunization Program's (NIP) defined table enumerates the type of funds used for purchasing vaccine. E.g. Public funds, Military funds | Public Health Code | Active |
| NIP009 | Reported adverse event previously | CDC National Immunization Program's (NIP) defined table enumerates the authorities to whom the vaccination related adverse events were previously reported. E.g. To health department, To manufacturer | Public Health Code | Active |
| NIP010 | VAERS Report type | CDC National Immunization Program's (NIP) defined table enumerates the type of report used in VAERS (Vaccination Adverse Event Reporting System). E.g. Initial, Follow-up | Public Health Code | Active |
| NND | Notifiable Event (Disease/Condition) Code List | List of notifiable events, which includes infectious and non-infectious disease or conditions. This list includes events that are notifiable at the state and national level. | Public Health Code | Active |
| NPI | National Provider Identifier | Health Care Finance Administration, US Dept. of Health and Human Services, 7500 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21244. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| NUBC | National Uniform Billing Committee Code | http://www.nubc.org/ | Active | |
| NULLFL | Flavors of NULL | System of coded values for Flavors of Null, as used in HL7 Version 3 standards. Identical to the HL7 version 3 coding system 2.16.840.1.113883.5.1008 NullFlavor | General Codes | Active |
| O301 | German Procedure Codes | Source: OPS Operationen- und Prozedurenschlussel. Three versions are active. | Obsolete | |
| O3012004 | OPS Germany 2004 | Source: OPS Operationen- und Prozedurenschlussel. Three versions are active | Obsolete | |
| O3012005 | OPS Germany 2005 | Source: OPS Operationen- und Prozedurenschlussel. Three versions are active | Obsolete | |
| O3012006 | Ops Germany 2006 | Source: OPS Operationen- und Prozedurenschlussel. Three versions are active | Active | |
| OBSMETHOD | Observation Method Code | For use in v2.x systems interoperating with V3 systems. Identical to the code system 2.16.840.1.113883.5.84 ObservationMethod in the Version 3 vocabulary. | General Codes | Active |
| OHA | Omaha System | Omaha Omaha Visiting Nurse Association, Omaha, NB. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| OPS2007 | OPS Germany v2007 | Source: OPS Operationen- und Prozedurenschlussel 2007. | Active | |
| OPS2008 | OPS Germany v2008 | Source: OPS Operationen- und Prozedurenschlussel 2008. | Active | |
| OPS2009 | OPS Germany v2008 | Source: OPS Operationen- und Prozedurenschlussel 2009. | Active | |
| PHDSCSOPT | Source of Payment Typology | The Source of Payment Typology was developed and is maintained by the Public Health Data Standards Consortium's Payer Type Subcommittee. The purpose of the Payer Typology Subcommittee is to create and refine a standard to allow consistent reporting of pa | Specific Non-Drug Code | active |
| PHINQUESTION | CDC Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Question | CDC Public Health Questions used in HL7 Message as observation identifiers. These question or observation identifiers are used in CDC's message implementation guides and will be passed in HL7 OBX-3 or Observation.Code | Public Health Code | Active |
| PLR | CDC PHLIP Lab result codes that are not covered in SNOMED at the time of this implementation | APHL CDC co-sponsored PHLIP | Lab Code | Active |
| PLT | CDC PHLIP Lab test codes, where LOINC concept is too broad or not yet available, especially as needed for ordering and or lab to lab reporting ) | APHL CDC co-sponsored PHLIP | Lab Code | Active |
| POS | POS Codes | HCFA Place of Service Codes for Professional Claims (see http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PlaceofServiceCodes/). | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| PRTCPTNMODE | Paticipation Mode Code | For use in v2.x systems interoperating with V3 systems. Identical to the code system 2.16.840.1.113883.5.1064 ParticipationMode in the Version 3 vocabulary. | General Codes | Active |
| RC | Read Classification | The Read Clinical Classification of Medicine, Park View Surgery, 26 Leicester Rd., Loughborough LE11 2AG (includes drug procedure and other codes, as well as diagnostic codes). | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| refSeq-G | NCBI - genomic and chromosome reference sequences | Subset of NLM Human RefSeqs with prefix of “NG_ or NC_". Those prefixed with "NC_" represent the whole genomic RefSeq for individual chromosomes. Those prefixed with "NG_" represent genes with all of their introns and flanking regions and other larger or | Genomic Code | Active |
| RefSeq-P | NCBI - protein reference sequence | Reference sequences for proteins. Not commonly reported because Amino acid changes can be computed directly from DNA changes based on transcript reference sequence. However some fields are interested only in the protein sequence change, and proteins can | Genomic Code | Active |
| refSeq-T | NCBI-transcript reference sequences (RefSeq) | Subset of NLM RefSeq records with prefix of "NM_" are reference sequences that represent messenger RNA. | Genomic Code | Active |
| ROLECLASS | Used initially for contact roles. | For use in v2.x systems interoperating with V3 systems. Identical to the code system 2.16.840.1.113883.5.111 RoleCode in the Version 3 vocabulary. | General Codes | Active |
| ROLECODE | Participation Mode | For use in v2.x systems interoperating with V3 systems. Identical to the code system 2.16.840.1.113883.5.111 RoleCode in the Version 3 vocabulary. | General Codes | Active |
| RSPMODE | Specifies the mode, immediate versus deferred or queued, by which a receiver should communicate its receiver responsibilities. | V3 coding system, available in RIM download materials. | General Codes | Active |
| RXNORM | RxNorm | RxNorm provides standard names for clinical drugs (active ingredient + strength + dose form) and for dose forms as administered to a patient. It provides links from clinical drugs, both branded and generic, to their active ingredients, drug components (a | Drug Code | Active |
| RxT-Ingrd | RxTerms-Ingredients Subset | https://mor.nlm.nih.gov/RxMix/ RxT-Ingrd is a specialization of the RxNorm database that includes the ingredients in RxTerms except allergens (used for allergy testing), combination ingredients, and inactive ingredients. The subset is designed for ident | Drug Code | Active |
| SCT | SNOMED Clinical Terms | SNOMED-CT concept identifier codes. SNOMED International, I325 Waukegan Rd, Northfield, IL, 60093, +1 800-323-4040, mailto:snomed@cap.org http://www.snomed.org | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| SCT2 | SNOMED Clinical Terms alphanumeric codes | Used to indicate that the code value is the legacy-style SNOMED alphanumeric codes, rather than the concept identifier codes. SNOMED International, I325 Waukegan Rd, Northfield, IL, 60093, +1 800-323-4040, mailto:snomed@cap.org http://www.snomed.org | Active | |
| SDM | SNOMED- DICOM Microglossary | College of American Pathologists, Skokie, IL, 60077-1034. (formerly designated as 99SDM). | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| SIC | Industry (SIC) | Standard Industry Classification - 1987. Use NAICS 2002. This is mainly for mapping and backward compatibility purposes. | Demographic Code | Active |
| SNM | Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) | Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine, 2nd Edition 1984 Vols 1, 2, College of American Pathologists, Skokie, IL. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| SNM3 | SNOMED International | SNOMED International, 1993 Vols 1-4, College of American Pathologists, Skokie, IL, 60077-1034. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| SNT | SNOMED topology codes (anatomic sites) | College of American Pathologists, 5202 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077-1034. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| SOC | Occupation (SOC 2000) | The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system is used by Federal statistical agencies to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data. | Demographic Code | Active |
| UB04FL14 | Priority (Type) of Visit | This is for the coded data carried in Field 14. Official UB-04 Data Specification Manual, published July 2007, by the U.S. National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC), and can be found at http://www.nubc.org. This coding system supersedes UB92 and is effec | Active | |
| UB04FL15 | Point of Origin | This is for the coded data carried in Field 15. Official UB-04 Data Specification Manual, published July 2007, by the U.S. National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC), and can be found at http://www.nubc.org. This coding system supersedes UB92 and is effec | Active | |
| UB04FL17 | Patient Discharge Status | This is for the coded data carried in Field 17. Official UB-04 Data Specification Manual, published July 2007, by the U.S. National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC), and can be found at http://www.nubc.org. This coding system supersedes UB92 and is effec | Active | |
| UB04FL31 | Occurrence Code | This is for the coded data carried in Field 31. Official UB-04 Data Specification Manual, published July 2007, by the U.S. National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC), and can be found at http://www.nubc.org. This coding system supersedes UB92 and is effec | Active | |
| UB04FL35 | Occurrence Span | This is for the coded data carried in Field 35. Official UB-04 Data Specification Manual, published July 2007, by the U.S. National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC), and can be found at http://www.nubc.org. This coding system supersedes UB92 and is effec | Active | |
| UB04FL39 | Value Code | This is for the coded data carried in Field 39. Official UB-04 Data Specification Manual, published July 2007, by the U.S. National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC), and can be found at http://www.nubc.org. This coding system supersedes UB92 and is effec | Active | |
| UB04FL42 | Revenue Code | Official UB-04 Data Specification Manual, most current published edition, by theU.S. National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC), and can be found at http://www.nubc.org. This coding system supersedes UB92 and is effective immediately (July, 2007). | Financial | New |
| UB04FL67 | Present on Admission | Official UB-04 Data Specification Manual, most current published edition, by the U.S. National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC), and can be found at http://www.nubc.org. This coding system supersedes UB92 and is effective immediately (July, 2007). | Financial | New |
| UC | UCDS | Uniform Clinical Data Systems. Ms. Michael McMullan, Office of Peer Review Health Care Finance Administration, The Meadows East Bldg., 6325 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21207; (301) 966 6851. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| UCUM | UCUM code set for units of measure(from Regenstrief) | Added by motion of VOCABULARY T.C. 20060308 14-0-3 | Active | |
| UMD | MDNS | Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System. ECRI, 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 USA. Phone: 215-825-6000, Fax: 215-834-1275. | Device code | Active |
| UML | Unified Medical Language | National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894. | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| UPC | Universal Product Code | The Uniform Code Council. 8163 Old Yankee Road, Suite J, Dayton, OH 45458; (513) 435 3070 | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| UPIN | UPIN | Medicare/CMS 's (formerly HCFA) universal physician identification numbers, available from Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Program Operations, 6325 Security Blvd., Meadows East Bldg., Room 300, Ba | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| USGSGNIS | U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USGS - GNIS) | List of populated places(City) from U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Name Information System (USGS GNIS) | Demographic Code | Active |
| USPS | United States Postal Service | Two Letter State and Possession Abbreviations are listed in Publication 28, Postal Addressing Standards which can be obtained from Address Information Products, National Address Information Center, 6060 Primacy Parkway, Suite 101, Memphis, Tennessee 38 | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| VIS | Clinicians are required to track the Vaccine Information Sheet (VIS) that was shared with the recipient of a vaccination. This code system contains codes that identify the document type and the owner of the document. | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC has worked with GS1 to develop a Global Document Type Identifier (GDTI) for the purpose of identifying the specific VIS document type. This GDTI will be captured in a bar code. It is compose | Specific Non-Drug Code | Active |
| W1 | WHO record # drug codes (6 digit) | World Health organization record number code. A unique sequential number is assigned to each unique single component drug and to each multi-component drug. Eight digits are allotted to each such code, six to identify the active agent, and 2 to identify t | Drug code | Active |
| W2 | WHO record # drug codes (8 digit) | World Health organization record number code. A unique sequential number is assigned to each unique single component drug and to each multi-component drug. Eight digits are allotted to each such code, six to identify the active agent, and 2 to identify t | Drug code | Active |
| W4 | WHO record # code with ASTM extension | With ASTM extensions (see Implementation Guide), the WHO codes can be used to report serum (and other) levels, patient compliance with drug usage instructions, average daily doses and more (see Appendix X1 the Implementation Guide). | Drug code | Active |
| WC | WHO ATC | WHO’s ATC codes provide a hierarchical classification of drugs by therapeutic class. They are linked to the record number codes listed above. | Drug code | Active |
| X12DEnnnn | ASC X12 Code List nnnn | Code list associated with X12 Data Element nnnn. Example:: X12DE738 – code set defined for X12 data element 738 (Measurement Qualifier) The Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 www.x12.org | General Codes | Active |
1.The genuine HCPCS codes and modifiers of level II can be found at http://www.hcfa.gov/stats/anhcpcdl.htm. CMS distributes the HCPCS codes via the National Technical Information Service (NTIS, www.ntis.gov) and NTIS distribution includes the CDT-2 part of HCPCS Level II, but does not include the CPT-4 part (Level I). CMS may distribute the CPT-4 part to its contractors.