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Procedural classification

03
Oct 2017

The Norwegian Directorate of Health has released 2018 version Norwegian Classification of medical, surgical and radiological procedure codes (NCSP, NCMP, NCRP) applicable since January 1, 2018

New procedure codes will be created for stem cell procedures, extracorporeal techniques (including hemodialysis and CO2 removal), surgical interventions, including growth-controlling spinal correction, transposition of peripheral nerve, interventions on veins, and percutaneous image-guided procedures (including code for pressure measurement in coronary arteries and additional code for drug-eluting balloon). Classification will be enabled from January 1, 2018.
22
Sep 2017

Release of provisional OPS procedure catalogue for 2018 in Germany by DIMDI

On August 15th, the German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI) published the preliminary version of the new procedure catalogue for the inpatient sector in Germany. The final version of the catalogue will come into effect with the start of the year 2018. MTRC will report about new procedures and other changes included in the catalogue after the release of the official version in the beginning of 2018.