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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
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Access database ........................................................................................................ 1
1.1.
Database content ............................................................................................... 1
1.2.
The Change log ................................................................................................. 2
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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:
Description:
ICPC-2
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:
Description:
ICD-10-ICPC-2 mapping table
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:
Description:
Only Changes January 2005
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:
Description:
Change
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.
ICD-10
The actual ICD-10 code (only when the change
logged regards a change in the mapping between
the two classifications).
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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
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Field name:
Description:
ICPC-2
The ICPC-2 code.
Action
Describes the change that has taken place either for
the ICPC-2 rubrics or for the ICPC-2-ICD-10
mapping.
If the change regards the mapping to ICD-10 there
are typically four kinds of changes:
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Add – a new mapping
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Delete – a mapping that has been deleted
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Add broken open – a new mapping to a 4
character long ICD-10 code.
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Delete broken open – mappings between 4
character ICD-10 codes and ICPC-2 have
been deleted.
Source
Person or organization who proposed the change.
Status
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.
Datum
All the changes in this revision (ICPC-2e-v.3.0) are
dated January 25th 2005.
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 doublequote 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.
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Record description:
Field name:
Field data type:
Field data type description:
Code
Text
Length is 4 characters
Short title
Text
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:
Field data type:
Field data type description:
Code
Text
Length is max 4 characters
Component
Integer
{1-7}
Title
Text
Never more than 256 characters.
(the longest in this version: 116)
Short title
Text
Never more than 36 characters.
ICD-10
Text
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)
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Field name:
Field data type:
Field data type description:
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:
Field data type:
Field data type description:
ICD-10 code
Text
Length is max 5 characters
ICPC-2code
Text
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
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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:
Field data type:
Field data type description:
Short title
Text
In current files length is max 86
characters.
Code
Text
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"
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