China
CN
Healthcare System
Multi-tiered public insurance system covering 95%+ of population through UEBMI (urban employees) and URRBMI (urban-rural residents). Three-tier hospital system with community health centers at the base. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) officially integrated alongside Western medicine.
- System Type
- Universal public insurance with growing private sector
- Regulatory Body
- NMPA (National Medical Products Administration, 国家药品监督管理局, formerly CFDA)
- Data Protection
- PIPL (Personal Information Protection Law, 个人信息保护法) + Data Security Law (数据安全法) + Cybersecurity Law (网络安全法)
- Currency
- CNY
- Emergency Number
- 120
- Languages
- zh
Coding Systems
diagnosis
GB/T ICD-10 (CCD)
Chinese Classification and Codes of Diseases (疾病分类与代码 GB/T 14396), Chinese modification of WHO ICD-10 maintained by NHC with 6-digit extensions
dental
FDI (ISO 3950)
FDI two-digit notation system (国际牙科联合会记录法) used in all dental education and clinical practice
procedures
ICD-9-CM-3 (Chinese modification)
Chinese modification of ICD-9-CM Volume 3 for inpatient procedure coding (手术操作分类代码 GB/T 16751.2), maintained by NHC
dental Procedures
Local institutional codes
No standardized national dental procedure coding system; hospitals and dental clinics use institution-specific or provincial fee schedule codes
drugs
NMPA Registration Number + NEDL
NMPA drug registration numbers (国药准字), National Essential Drug List (NEDL/基本药物目录), and NRDL (National Reimbursement Drug List/医保目录) codes
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