{2 16 840 1 113883 6 25}
Descriptions may differ between sources. The primary description is shown first.
Five character alphabetic codes fit into current claims processing software or onto standard paper claim forms. ABC Codes give business parity to licensed CAM and nurse providers who file claims to insurance companies. .
These codes fit into standard message formats for HCPCS codes that are a named standard. ABC codes represent over 4,500 healthcare products and services. They fill gaps in older medical code sets such as CPT ® and HCPCS II and the retirement of state-specific HCPCS III codes. ABCcodes are a shorthand means of documenting healthcare procedures and treatments. Codes are an essential tool when computers are used to reduce paperwork and costs. Codes are also essential for managing the healthcare supply chain. The codes reflect care that is not described by conventional or allopathic centric code sets. ABC codes describe nursing, behavioral health, alternative medicine, ethnic and minority care, midwifery and spiritual care.
Status in source: retired.
Names: AbcCodes, abcCodes
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"name": "Name Melinna Giannini, Alternative Link Systems, Inc.; Address 1065 S. Main, Building C, Las Cruces, NM 88005; Telephone 505-527-0636; Fax 505-523-4152; E-mail mg@alternativelink.com"
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Status in source: complete.
Names: abcCodes
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}HL7 report status: OID review is complete.
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| OID | Name | Direct children | Descendants | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.1 | 1, LOINC, v3-loinc, loinc | 0 | 0 | Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes (LOINC) |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.2 | 2, Icd9cm, icd9cm | 0 | 0 | International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.3 | 3, Icd10, icd10 | 3 | 3 | International Classification of Diseases revision 10 (ICD 10) Note: This does NOT have the CM changes, and is specifically for… |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.4 | 4, Icd10PCS, icd10PCS | 0 | 0 | International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) which describes the classificatio… |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.5 | 5, Snm, snm | 0 | 0 | Systemized Nomenclature in Medicine Reference Terminology (SNOMED RT) SNM College of American Pathologists |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.6 | 6, ReadCodes, read-Codes | 0 | 0 | Clinical Terms Version 3 - The Read Codes |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.7 | 7, NaaccrCodes, naaccrCodes | 0 | 0 | NAACCR Cancer Registry NAACCR |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.8 | 8, UCUM, v3-ucum, ucum | 0 | 0 | Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM), case sensitive form |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.9 | iso4217-HL7, Iso4217HL7, v3-iso4217-HL7 | 0 | 0 | ISO 4217 currency code |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.10 | 10, Mime, v3-mime, BCP13, mime | 0 | 0 | IETF MIME media types MIME |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.11 | 11, Url, url | 0 | 0 | Universal Resource Locator (URL) schemes. Currently there is no single authority for URL schemes. The authority for URL scheme … |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.12 | 12, CPT, cpt-4 | 1 | 1 | American Medical Association's Current Procedure Terminology 4 (CPT-4) codes. C4 |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.13 | 13, CDT, CD2, cdt-ADAcodes | 0 | 0 | American Dental Association's Current Dental Terminology 2 (CDT-2) codes. CD2 |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.14 | 14, HCPCS-all-codes, HPC | 0 | 0 | Healthcare Financing Administration (HCFA) Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). Is composed of three "levels". Level I is CP… |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.15 | 15, Nic, nic | 0 | 0 | NIC provides names and values for procedures/orders/service intent related to the treatment activities of nurses and other prov… |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.16 | 16, Noc, noc | 0 | 0 | NOC - Nursing Outcome Codes NOC |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.17 | 17, Hhcc, hhcc | 0 | 0 | HHCC - Home Health Codes HHC |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.18 | 18, ISBT128PropertyTypes, Ib, ib | 2 | 52 | Information Standard for Blood and Transplant (ISBT) 128, a coding system for blood components, hematopoietic progenitor cells … |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.19 | 19, Camncvs, camncvs | 0 | 0 | CAM & Nursing Coding Vocabulary Set CAMNCVS |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.20 | 20, NandaI, nanda-i, nanda | 0 | 0 | Terminology consisting of standardized terms and codes for patient problems or life processes expressed as nursing diagnoses |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.21 | 21, NubcUB92, nubc-UB92 | 0 | 0 | National Uniform Billing Council, UB 92 NUBC-UB92 |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.22 | 22, Pnds, pnds | 0 | 0 | PNDS (standardized terms and codes for patient problems/nursing diagnoses, nursing interventions including actual or expected (… |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.23 | 23, Nmmds, nmmds | 0 | 0 | NMMDS (the minimum set of items of information with uniform definitions and categories concerning the specific dimension of the… |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.24 | ieee11073, DeviceMetricAndComponentTypes, devicemetric-type, Mdc, v3-mdc, mdc | 0 | 0 | Health Level 7 (HL7) internal reference to ISO/IEEE 11073 Health informatics -- Point-of-care medical device communication |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.26 | 26, Medcin, medcin | 0 | 0 | MEDCIN contains more than 175,000 clinical data elements arranged in a hierarchy, with each item having weighted links to relev… |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.27 | 27, Multum, multum | 0 | 0 | Multum Information Services |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.28 | 28, RcFB, rcFB | 0 | 0 | The Read Codes Four Byte Set |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.29 | 29, RcV2, rcV2 | 0 | 0 | The Read Codes Version 2 |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.30 | as4, AS4 | 0 | 0 | American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM) E1238/E1467 Universal |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.31 | dicomMDLTY, DicomMDLTY | 0 | 0 | Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine (DICOM) modality codes |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.32 | 32, Dicomqry, dicomqry | 0 | 0 | Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine (DICOM) query label |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.33 | 33, ENZC | 0 | 0 | Enzyme Codes ("ENZC") |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.34 | 34, Euclides, euclides | 0 | 0 | EUCLIDES E |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.35 | 35, E5, e5 | 0 | 0 | Euclides quantity codes E5 |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.36 | 36, E6, e6 | 0 | 0 | Euclides Lab method codes E6 |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.37 | 37, E7, e7 | 0 | 0 | Euclides Lab equipment codes E7 |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.38 | 38, Fdk, fdk | 0 | 0 | FDA K10 FDK |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.39 | 39, Hi, hi | 0 | 0 | Health Outcomes HI |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.40 | 40, HibccHIN, hibccHIN | 0 | 0 | HIBCC HB |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.41 | 41, Ics, ics | 0 | 0 | ICCS ICS |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.42 | 42, Icd9, icd9 | 0 | 0 | ICD9 I9 |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.43 | 43, IcdO, icd-o | 1 | 1 | International Classification of Diseases for Oncology ICDO |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.44 | 44, IC2, ichppc-2 | 0 | 0 | ICHPPC-2 IC2 |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.45 | 45, ICSD, icsd | 0 | 0 | International Classification of Sleep Disorders ICSD |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.46 | 46, IUPP, iupp | 0 | 0 | IUPAC/IFCC Property Codes IUPP |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.47 | 47, IUPC, iupc | 0 | 0 | IUPAC/IFCC Component Codes IUPC |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.48 | 48, JC8 | 0 | 0 | Japanese Chemistry JC8 |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.49 | 49, OHA | 0 | 0 | Omaha System |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.50 | 50, POS | 0 | 0 | POS Codes POS |
| 2.16.840.1.113883.6.51 | 51, SNM3 | 0 | 0 | SNOMED International SNM3 |