A medical classification is used to transform descriptions of medical diagnoses or procedures into standardized statistical code in a process known as clinical coding Diagnosis classifications list diagnosis codes, which are used to track diseases and other health conditions, inclusive of chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and heart disease, and infectious diseases such as norovirus. The centers for medicare and medicaid services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the u.s., contracted with 3m health information systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure. The healthcare common procedure coding system (hcpcs, often pronounced by its acronym as hick picks) is a set of health care procedure codes based on the american medical association 's current procedural terminology (cpt). [1] it was developed by a component of the u.s It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases
The structure of the codes will depend on the classification For example some use a numerical system, others alphanumeric. Diagnostic coding is the translation of written descriptions of diseases, illnesses and injuries into codes from a particular classification In medical classification, diagnosis codes are used as part of the clinical coding process alongside intervention codes.
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