Topographical code
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In medicine, "topographical codes" (or "topography codes") are codes that indicate a specific location in the body.
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Only the first of these is a system dedicated only to topography. The others are more generalized systems that contain topographic axes.
- Nomina Anatomica (updated to Terminologia Anatomica)
- ICD-O
- SNOMED
- MeSH (the 'A' axis)
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