CCAM — Classification Commune des Actes Médicaux
Overview
CCAM is the French national classification of medical procedures, used for billing all medical and surgical acts in French hospitals and outpatient settings. It replaced the older NGAP classification and is maintained by the ATIH (Agence Technique de l’Information sur l’Hospitalisation) together with the Assurance Maladie.
Key Neurological Procedure Codes
| CCAM Code | Procedure |
|---|---|
| ADQP001 | Brain MRI (IRM cérébrale) |
| ACQP001 | Brain CT scan (Scanner cérébral) |
| ADQJ001 | EEG recording |
| ADLB001 | Lumbar puncture (ponction lombaire) |
| ADFA001 | Intracranial electroencephalography (stereo-EEG) |
| ADNB001 | Deep brain stimulation implantation |
| ADQP003 | Functional brain MRI |
| EALB001 | Nerve conduction study |
Connections
- Maps to: SNOMED CT (cross-map for procedure semantics)
- Coded in: HL7 FHIR (Procedure resource in French deployments)
Resources
- https://www.atih.sante.fr/les-nomenclatures-de-facturation/ccam
- https://www.ameli.fr/accueil-de-la-ccam/index.php (Ameli CCAM browser)
- https://athena.ohdsi.org (OMOP CCAM vocabulary)