International classification of procedures in medicine.
Publisher: World Health Organization; distributed by WHO Publications Centre]
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Geneva; [Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
Subjects: Medicine -- Classification.; Clinical medicine -- Classification.
Description: Systematic presentation of procedures used in different areas of medicine. Covers diagnostic, laboratory, radiological, preventive, surgical, drug, and other therapeutic or ancillary procedures. Intended as supplement to International classification of diseases. Classified arrangement by kinds of procedures. Entry gives code, procedure, and, occasionally, word or phrase definition, exclusions, and other available codes. Index.
Notes: "Published for trial purposes in accordance with resolution WHA29.35 of the Twenty-ninth World Health Assembly, May, 1976."
Includes index.