CHAPTER A - nomesco

STRUCTURE AN D CLASSIFICATION GUIDELINES
The Nordic reference group requires the following for taking update proposals into consideration:
• Proposals should be approved and submitted by a responsible national classification body.
• The proposal should include a description of the new method and an account of its indications.
• The proposal should also include a rough estimate of how many procedures that are performed per year in the country
submitting the proposal, or the expected annual number in the near future.
• References should be included to relevant literature documenting that proposed new codes represent established
procedures and not purely experimental procedures.
Sometimes a submission for a new procedure code does not fulfil the above requirements. The Nordic reference group may
feel that the proposal is interesting, but needs further investigation. In that case, the group may choose to recommend
postponing the decision pending further information from the submitting body.
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