A health care organization numbers its site locations not by geographic area or function, but by the order in which the sites were opened. For example, the head office is 001, the primary care physician group practice is 002, the urgent care office on the east side of town is 003, the imaging center is 004, and the urgent care office on the west side of town is 005. What type of coding system is this?

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This is a nomenclature system, as it assigns unique names or numbers to each site based on the order in which they were opened, rather than grouping them by characteristics or location.

A Health Care Organization Numbers Its Site Locations Not by Geographic