Monday, February 1, 2016

International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP), The Omaha System and ABC Codes

ICNP (International Classification for Nursing Practice) 

The ICNP provides a structured and defined vocabulary as well as a classification for nursing and a framework into which existing vocabularies and classifications can be cross-mapped to enable comparison of nursing data. Its primary elements are nursing phenomena, nursing interventions and nursing outcomes. The INCP strives to establish a common language for describing nursing practice and improve communication. It also helps describe nursing care of people (individuals, families, and communities) in a variety of settings, both institutional and non-institutional, enables comparison of nursing data across clinical populations, settings, geographic areas, and time. Furthermore it demonstrate or project trends in the provision of nursing treatments and care and the allocation of resources to patients according to their needs based on nursing diagnoses. Lastly it stimulate nursing research through links to data available in nursing information systems and health information systems and also provides data about nursing practice in order to influence health policy making (Warren & Coenen,1998).



 The Omaha System and ABC Codes

The Omaha system is a research-based, standardized clinical documentation language (taxonomy) designed to meet the needs of community health nurses and other community-based health providers. It includes all three critical components of care (diagnoses, interventions and outcomes) and was specifically designed to facilitate the statistical analysis of data.


ABC codes are five-digit Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant alpha codes that are used by licensed or non-licensed healthcare practitioners on standard healthcare claim forms.


References


Warren, J. J., & Coenen, A. (1998). International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP): Most-frequently Asked Questions. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA, 5(4), 335336.

The Omaha system.Retrieved from http://omahasystemmn.org/Omaha%20System%20Top%20Ten%20with%20links.pdf



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