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A regular update of the Danish SKS coding system from October 2024
The Danish Health Data Authority (Sundhedsdatastyrelsen) quarterly updates the Health Care Classification System (Sundhedsvæsenets Klassifikations System, SKS). The updated version was published in mid-September 2024 to come into force on October 1, 2024.
Eight new medical procedure codes and one new code for diagnostic investigations were introduced concerning obstetrics and gynecology, extracorporeal treatments, spine, cardiovascular, e-health, diagnostic imaging, and some other fields. Some examples of newly added codes are provided below:
- BJXY55 Semen purification;
- BLDG52 Treatment with the 3-point corset;
- ZZ4060 Reading from wireless pulmonary artery pressure sensor;
- UXUD76 Vesicoureteral sonography (VUS).
See the full details in Danish here.
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