Mexico
MX
Healthcare System
Public healthcare through multiple institutions based on employment status, plus growing private sector especially for medical tourism.
- System Type
- Mixed public/private
- Regulatory Body
- COFEPRIS (Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios)
- Data Protection
- LFPDPPP (Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares)
- Currency
- MXN
- Emergency Number
- 911
- Languages
- es
Coding Systems
diagnosis
ICD-10 (WHO base)
Mexico uses WHO ICD-10 without significant national modifications
dental
FDI (ISO 3950)
Federation Dentaire Internationale two-digit notation
procedures
CAUSES
Catálogo Universal de Servicios de Salud
dental Procedures
CAUSES dental
Dental procedures within CAUSES catalog
drugs
Cuadro Básico
Basic Drug Formulary (Cuadro Básico y Catálogo de Medicamentos)
Translation Corridors
MX→US (most common corridor: Mexican patients with US insurance or returning from Mexico with records) MX→CA (snowbirds and seasonal workers) US→MX (US medical tourists seeking affordable dental/bariatric/cosmetic procedures, need records back for US insurers) MX→DE (Mexican professionals in Germany)
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