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Guidelines and Information for Medical Practitioners

Nomenclatures of Procedures and Operations Promulgated by Colleges of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

According to the "Guidelines on Service Information Notices" ("the Guidelines") at Appendix C of the Code of Professional Conduct, a doctor may display a Service Information Notice bearing the fee schedules and the medical services provided by him at the exterior of his office. The Guidelines provide, inter alia, that the nomenclatures of procedures and operations on the Notice should follow those promulgated by Colleges of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, whenever such a list is available.

Please click here to refer to the updated list of nomenclatures of procedures and operations promulgated by the Colleges of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.

Please note the following abbreviations used for College names in the list:

Abbreviation College
AN Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists
CM Hong Kong College of Community Medicine
EM Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine
FP Hong Kong College of Family Physicians
OG Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
OP College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong
OS Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons
OT Hong Kong College of Otorhinolaryngologists
PA Hong Kong College of Pathologists
PD Hong Kong College of Paediatricians
PH Hong Kong College of Physicians
PS The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists
RA Hong Kong College of Radiologists
SU The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong