Classification systems in health services
NCSP-IS
-Automatic translation
The Directorate of Health issues a specific national version of the NCSP+, the so-called NCSP-IS. In NCSP-IS, all valid NCSP+ codes from 2007 are included, but the special Icelandic V codes from NCSP are omitted. As it is a transformation file and not a classification system, NCSP-IS codes are not accompanied by explanatory texts. NCSP-IS is recommended when registering surgical procedures in the health service, particularly regarding DRG funding in Iceland. Registration with NCSP-IS is more detailed than NCSP registration, as NCSP has recently developed towards specific country codes, which are then mapped to a separate NCSP+ file.
Under the auspices of the Nordic Casemix Centre, codes from the national versions of the NCSP are compiled annually into a file called NCSP+. It is used in coordination with cost analysis of health services in Nordic countries.
The NCSP+ (and NCSP-IS) codes are based on the basic structure of the NCSP classification system of three letters and two numbers, with the addition of a third decimal place to indicate the type of intervention.
The third character in NCSP+ indicates one of the following:
A - anaesthesia
D - diagnostic radiology
E - endoscopy
F - physiological examination
O - oncology
R - rehabilitation
S - surgical procedure
X - other procedure
Z - special circumstances.
©The Nordic Medico-Statistical Committee (NOMESCO) holds the copyright to the NCSP+ version. Örn Bjarnason has the copyright to Icelandic translations used from NCSP.
NCSP-IS (NCSP+) files
NCSP-IS 2014. Published 2014.
Transformation of V-code in NCSP to NCSP-IS. Published in 2007.
Database version for health institutions
NCSP-IS 2014. Released in 2014
Service provider
Directorate of Health