| Author | WONCA International Classification Committee |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Medicine |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
Publication date | 2020 |
| ISBN | 9781032053394 |
TheInternational Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) is a classification method forprimary care encounters. The ICPC-3 strives to be a person centered classification for Primary Care, building on the foundations of the ICPC-2. It includes references to existing international standards such asICD-10,ICD-11, ICF as well asSNOMED CT clinical terminology. It provides a framework for documenting and organizing clinical data from primary care patient contacts.
The ICPC-3 includes codes for the four key elements of healthcare encounters:
The ICPC was developed by theWONCA International Classification Committee (WICC), and was first published in 1987 byOxford University Press (OUP). A revision and inclusion of criteria and definitions was published in 1998. The second revision was accepted within theWorld Health Organization's (WHO) Family of International Classifications.[1] The third revision, ICPC-3, has been adopted by WONCA in December 2020 and endorsed on April 16, 2021 during the WONCA Executive meeting.[2]
The classification was developed in a context of increasing demand for quality information on primary care as part of growing worldwide attention to globalprimary health care objectives, including the WHO's target of "health for all".[3]
The first version of ICPC, which was published in 1987, is referred to asICPC-1. A subsequent revision which was published in the 1993 publicationThe International Classification of Primary Care in the European Community: With a Multi-Language Layer is known asICPC-E.
The 1998 publication, of version 2, is referred to asICPC-2. TheacronymICPC-2-E, refers to a revised electronic version, which was released in 2000.
The ICPC-3 Project[4] started January 2018 and published the ICPC-3 in 2020. ICPC-3 supports coding of reason(s) for encounter, symptoms and complaints, diagnoses, health problems, functioning, environmental factors, personal factors related to health and processes of care, all within one classification.
The following versions of the ICPC are available at the ICPC-3 Website[1]:
