OPCS Basics Flashcards
1
Q
Full name of OPCS
A
Office of population Censuses and Surveys Classification of Interventions and Procedures (OPCS Classification of Interventions and Procedures)
2
Q
How many volumes does OPCS have
A
2
3
Q
what is Volume 1 of OPCS
A
Tabular List
4
Q
What volume is the tabular list (OPCS)
A
1
5
Q
What is volume 2 of OPCS
A
Alphabetical Index
6
Q
What volume is the Alphabetical Index (OPCS)
A
2
7
Q
How many chapters in the Tabular List (OPCS)
A
24 chapters
8
Q
How many sections are there in the Alphabetical Index (OPCS)
A
4 sections
9
Q
what are the 4 sections of the alphabetical index (OPCS)
A
Procedures
Eponyms
Abbreviations
Surgical suffixes
10
Q
what is different about chapters Y and Z in OPCS
A
subsidiary
11
Q
what letter is used as an overflow in OPCS
A
O