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Table 1 Overview of reimbursement codes 100 and 105

From: Practice variation in surgical procedures and IUD-insertions among general practitioners in Norway – a longitudinal study

Code 100, some examples:

 

 -Treatment of epistaxis

 

 -Skin biopsy

 

 -Removal of foreign body from eye and ear/nose/thro

 

 -Implantation of medical implants

 

 -Injection of medication in joints and tendon sheath

 

 -Surgical removal of small skin tumours

 

 -Wound treatment with/without sutures

 

 -Arterial bloodgas sampling

 

 -Cleaning of external Auditory Canal (IE Cerumen Removal)

 

Code 105, some examples:

 

 -Incision of abscess

 

 -Urinary catheterization and bladder washout

 

 -Surgical removal of small subcutaneous tumours, nail, large nevus or nevus from face

 

 -Ligature of haemorrhoid

 

 -Puncture of joint and pleura for sampling

 

 -Lumbar puncture

 

 -Larger wound treatment and debridement

 

 -Advanced treatment of chronic wounds