The creation of NATO brought about some standardization of allied military terminology, procedures, and technology, which in many cases meant European countries adopting US practices.
The services documented in NAMCS and therefore included in our analyses were: 1) screening tests: blood pressure, cholesterol, Pap smear, colon scope (NAMCS terminology) procedures (i.e., colonoscopy and/or flexible sigmoidoscopy), mammography, and prostate specific antigen (PSA) test; and 2) counseling: tobacco cessation, diet/nutrition, and exercise.
Claims include International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnosis and procedure codes, Current Procedural Terminology procedure codes, Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes, site of service codes, and health plan and patient costs.
During each oncology clinic visit, detailed data including ICD-9-CM (International Classification of Diseases Classification 9th Revision Clinical Modification) diagnosis codes, CPT-4 (current procedural terminology) procedure codes, laboratory test results, and treatments administered or prescribed are captured, along with the relevant service dates, in the EMR.
In the Scalable Collaborative Infrastructure for a Learning Healthcare System (SCILHS) we endeavor to use the widely-available Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) procedure codes with ICD-9.
Professional service claims also include Level I Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes, also known as Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) procedure codes, as well as Level II HCPCS codes.
In addition to patient age, the database included the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) procedure codes; the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnosis codes; date of service, provider specialty, provider zip code, and allowed charges.
We did not have access to the list of patients who were notified; we identified cases and controls based on exposure dates, clinic and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) procedure codes using VHA administrative data.
The aviation agency's terminology and procedures differ from the military's.
These findings illuminate problematic issues and indicate that these policies use ambiguous terminology and procedures, ignore local educators' input, and provide unrealistic expectations of society, lack consistency and created resistance on the part of educators.
18 20 Closed-loop communication (CLC), including call-out (CO), is an important part of the concept based on the assumption that safe communication in an emergency situation is achieved by standardised terminology and procedures.
