International and Finnish Health Code Sets

Finnish health registries consist of several specific code sets in order to trace healthcare data.

The main code sets used are:

• Diagnosis codes: ICD8/9/10, ICPC2

• Operation codes: Nomesco- Finnish version, Nomesco, Finnish Hospital league and Demanding Heart Patient (new/old coding), SPAT (Finnish primary care outpatient procedures)

• Medication codes: ATC, Drug reimbursement, VNR

• Cancer codes: ICD-O-3

• Service Sector codes: FGVisitType

The main registry data file in FinnGen is the Detailed Longitudinal Data. It contains all of the above code sets, but these code sets may also be used in other registry data in FinnGen, like visual impairment registry data, reproductive history data, cervix and breast cancer screening data and vaccination registry data.

If you need more information on any of these codes, please see their own official documentation below or see More information on health code sets.

Diagnosis codes:

• Finnish ICD-10 book

• Finnish ICD-9 book

• Finnish ICD-8 book

• ICPC2 codes

• ICPC2 book (in Finnish)

• ICPC2 flyer

Cancer codes:

• ICD-O-3 book (WHO)
• ICD-O-3 book (Finnish cancer register, in Finnish)

Operation and procedure codes:

• Nomesco - Finnish version
• Nomesco book
• Finnish Hospital league book (in Finnish)

Medication codes:

• ATC codes (WHO)
• ATC codes (Wikipedia)
• ATC codes (fimea, in Finnish)
• VNR codes

See also:

National health data code service (in Finnish)

Fimea