Institute within the scope of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
On this page you will find the online version of the German procedure classification, the OPS.
The OPS-Onlineversion is compiled from approx. 100 single files which are inter-linked extensively to ensure comfortable navigation. The integrated code-search enables fast location of the code you are looking for.
Textsearch can be accessed via the hot keys ctrg+f. If you want to search the whole classification you can do so for the most recent version: In the upper right corner, just below the picture you can see the DIMDI-Websitesearch. Open the expanded search by clicking on "Go". Enter the text you are looking for in the field "search query" and choose the version you want to research in the drop down list from the field "search".
Period of validity and area of application are described in German language in the History - Versiondevelopment.
If you like this way to read OPS, you can download the files to your computer and use them offline: OPS at downloadcenter.