From: Validating abortion procedure coding in Canadian administrative databases
Characteristic | Medical Services Plan (MSP) Payment Information | Discharge Abstract Database |
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Coverage | Individuals covered by the Medical Services Plan (MSP), BC’s universal insurance program | In-patients and day surgery patients in acute care hospitals in BC |
Data | Billing information for all medically required services (both procedure and diagnostic codes) | Data on discharges, transfers and deaths |
Provided by | Fee-for-service practitioners | Acute care hospitals |
Abortion codes | ICD-9 codes 635.x-638.x | ICD-10-CA code O04 |
fee item codes 4110-4114, 14545 | CCI procedure codes beginning with 5CA. | |
code 0787 |