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Medical classification, or medical coding, is the process of transforming descriptions of medical diagnoses and procedures into universal medical code numbers. The diagnoses and procedures are usually taken from a variety of sources within the health care record, such as the transcription of the physician's notes, laboratory results, radiologic results, and other sources.
Medical classification systems are used for a variety of applications in medicine, public health and medical informatics, including:
There are country specific standards and international classification systems.
<h2>Classification typesTypes</h2>
Many different medical classifications exist, though they occur into two main groupings: Statistical classifications and Nomenclatures.
<h2>Other medical classifications</h2>
'''Diagnosis'''
Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys Classification of Surgical Operations and Procedures (OPCS-4)
'''Other'''
Classification of Pharmaco-Therapeutic Referrals (CPR)
Victoria Ambulatory Coding System (VACS) / Queensland Ambulatory Coding System (QACS), Australia[citation needed]
'''Library classification that have medical components'''
Dewey Decimal System and Universal Decimal Classification (section 610–620)
<h2>ICD, SNOMED and Electronic Health Record (EHR)</h2>
'''What is SNOMED?'''
