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ICPC-2e-v.3.0 Technical Guide

This document guides you in the use of the distributed Access database and the zipped data files.
For information of the version numbering adapted from 2005 see the document Version numbering of ICPC-2.

Content
1. Access database...............................................................................1 1.1. Database content.......................................................................1 1.2. The Change log..........................................................................2 2. Data files..........................................................................................3 2.1. ICPC-2e-v.3.0-tabular list-short titles.txt.....................................3 2.2. ICPC-2e-v.3.0-all-fields.txt..........................................................4 2.3. ICPC-2e-v.3.0-ICD-10.txt.............................................................5 2.4. Alphabetical index......................................................................5

1. Access database
All data in ICPC-2e-v.3.0 are available in the data files described in chapter 2. The Access database version described here is just another data format with the same content. Skills in Access are required to use the database. Microsoft Office Access 2003 is the software version used. 1.1. Database content

The Access database contains four tables and one query:

Table name: ICPC-2

Description: This is the current version of ICPC-2e-v.3.0 This table corresponds exactly to the data file ICPC-2e-v.3.0-all-fields.txt The data file ICPC-2e-v.3.0-tabular list-short titles.txt was generated from this table.

This document was updated on November 23, 2005.

Table name: ICD-10-ICPC-2 mapping table

Description: This is the explicit mapping table between ICPC-2 and ICD-101. This table corresponds to the data file ICPC-2e-v.3.0-ICD-10.txt

Changes January 2005

This table contains all the changes in version ICPC2e-v.3.0 compared to the previous version, that is, version ICPC-2e-v.2.0. The table contains all the mappings to ICD-10, but of course not all mappings have undergone a change. Only changed mappings have a change description.

Query name: Only Changes January 2005

Description: The table Changes January 2005 contains all mappings between ICPC-2 and ICD-10, but of course not all mappings have undergone a change. This query extracts and presents the 653 actual changes.

1.2.

The Change log

The changes from the previous version of ICPC-2 are documented in table Changes January 2005. This table contains the following data fields:

Field name: Change

Description: This value is empty if no change has been carried out for the given ICPC-2 code. The value is + if the change regards only ICPC-2 and not the mapping to ICD-10. The value is * if the change regards the mapping to ICD-10. The actual ICD-10 code (only when the change logged regards a change in the mapping between the two classifications). The ICPC-2 code. Describes the change that has taken place either for the ICPC-2 rubrics or for the ICPC-2-ICD-10

ICD-10

ICPC-2 Action
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This version of ICD-10 contains all WHO updates up to January 2005, see http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/icd10updates/en/index.html

Field name:

Description: mapping. If the change regards the mapping to ICD-10 there are typically four kinds of changes: Add a new mapping Delete a mapping that has been deleted Add broken open a new mapping to a 4 character long ICD-10 code. Delete broken open mappings between 4 character ICD-10 codes and ICPC-2 have been deleted.

Source Status

Person or organization who proposed the change. The value is WICC if the change has been decided by WICC or the WICC Update Group. From January 2005 decisions by the WICC Update Group should be marked WICC UG. All the changes in this revision (ICPC-2e-v.3.0) are dated January 25th 2005.

Datum

2. Data files
The data files use the CSV syntax (comma separated values file format). This means that each record is usually on one line except when some text value contains a line feed. Each field in the record is separated by commas. All fields are delimited by double-quote characters except for empty fields. 2.1. ICPC-2e-v.3.0-tabular list-short titles.txt

The file contains 726 codes with corresponding short titles. Record description: Field name: Code Short title Field data type: Text Text Field data type description: Length is 4 characters No more than 36 characters

Example from the data file:

"B04","Blood symptom/complaint"

2.2.

ICPC-2e-v.3.0-all-fields.txt

The file contains 726 codes with 9 corresponding data fields. Record description: Field name: Code Component Title Field data type: Text Integer Text Field data type description: Length is max 4 characters {1-7} Never more than 256 characters. (the longest in this version: 116) Short title ICD-10 Text Text Never more than 36 characters. Can have more than 256 characters. (the longest in this version: 443) Criteria Text Can have more than 256 characters. (the longest in this version: 750) Inclusions Text Can have more than 256 characters. (the longest in this version: 383) Exclusions Text Can have more than 256 characters. (the longest in this version: 401) Consider Text Can have more than 256 characters. (the longest in this version: 155) Note Text Can have more than 256 characters. (the longest in this version: 1007)

Example from the data file: This record has 9 out of 10 data fields, the last one is empty:
"A74",7,"Rubella","Rubella","B06","an acute exanthem with enlarged lymph nodes, most often suboccipital and post-auricular, with a macular rash on the face, spreading to the trunk and proximal portions of the limbs; or serological evidence of rubella infection","complications of rubella","congenital rubella A94; roseola infantum A76","fever A03; other viral exanthem A76; generalized rash S07",

2.3.

ICPC-2e-v.3.0-ICD-10.txt

The file contains 3522 mappings between ICPC-2e-v.3.0 and ICD-10. Record description: Field name: ICD-10 code ICPC-2code Field data type: Text Text Field data type description: Length is max 5 characters Length is max 4 characters

Example from the data file:

"A32.0","A78" "A32.1","A78"

2.4.

Alphabetical index

The alphabetical index distributed with the data files is identical with the alphabetical index in the ICPC-2-R book. There ate 4 errors which are reported in the error log. The alphabetical index is distributed with three csv data files: 1. ICPC-2e-v.3.0-alphabetical-index.txt sorted by text 2. ICPC-2e-v.3.0-alphabetical-index.-inverse-columns.txt sorted by codes 3. ICPC-2e-v.3.0-alphabetical-index.-error-log.txt known errors in the current alphabetical index which have not yet been corrected The alphabetical index contains 2056 lines.

Record description: Field name: Short title Code Field data type: Text Text Field data type description: In current files length is max 86 characters. Can contain more than one code separated with slash. In current files length is min 0 and max 7 characters.

Examples from the data file:

"abnormal blinking","F14" "caesarian section","W92/W93"