Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®)
International Classification of Primary Care, Version 2-Plus Source Information
Web site
http://www.fmrc.org.au/icpc2plus/
Authority
The Family Medicine Research Centre (FMRC), at the University
of Sydney, maintains the Australian Modification of the
International Classification of Primary Care, Second Edition
(ICPC-2).
Description
This is the Australian Modification of ICPC-2, known as ICPC-2
Plus.
ICPC-2 Plus is primarily used in Australia and provides greater specificity for data input than ICPC-2.
For more information about ICPC in the Metathesaurus, see the ICPC source synopsis. The Metathesaurus also includes ICPC-2-E, which is the electronic version of the revised chapters 10 and 11 of ICPC-2.
Update Frequency
ICPC-2 Plus is updated about three times a year.
Metathesaurus Update Frequency
ICPC-2 Plus was last updated in the Metathesaurus in 2006.
Sites Consulted
- ICPC-2 PLUS: the BEACH Coding System [Internet]. Parramatta (AU): Family Medicine Research Centre; [updated 2010 Apr 13; cited 2010 Apr 16]. Available from: http://www.fmrc.org.au/icpc2plus/; Origins and Current uses: http://www.fmrc.org.au/icpc2plus/origins.htm