Search any TUSS code from Brazilian supplementary healthcare by description or number, in the standardized terminology maintained by the regulator ANS.
Anyone dealing with health plans, claim forms, billing or reimbursement runs into codes that are hard to interpret without context. This tool searches TUSS, the Unified Terminology for Supplementary Healthcare maintained by the regulator ANS, which standardizes the codes and descriptions used in the sector so that payers, providers and systems name the same item the same way. You search by the description you know (a word such as consulta) or by the number printed on a claim form, and you get a list with the code and its standardized description. Each entry shows the code, the full description and a button to copy it. The content is informative: the code identifies the item, but coverage, price and reimbursement rules depend on the contract, clinical indication and the payer's guidelines, and the final reference is always the current version at the official ANS source.
TUSS (the Unified Terminology for Supplementary Healthcare) is part of the TISS standard (Troca de Informações na Saúde Suplementar), defined by ANS so that administrative and clinical data flow uniformly between payers and providers. Instead of each hospital or clinic describing a procedure in its own words, everyone uses the same code and the same standardized description, which reduces ambiguity in authorization, billing and claim-denial analysis.
The terminology is organized by item type: healthcare procedures and events (medical and dental), materials and OPME (orthoses, prostheses and special materials), medications, fees and daily rates, among others. Each entry has a numeric code and a term. The search here accepts both text and the number, which helps when you only have part of the information at hand.
TUSS is often confused with CBHPM (the Brazilian Hierarchical Classification of Medical Procedures), published by the Brazilian Medical Association. CBHPM is a reference table that organizes medical procedures hierarchically and assigns each a reference value (the porte and other components). TUSS, by contrast, is the mandatory terminology of the TISS standard: it standardizes the code and the description, not the price.
The two are related because the TUSS procedures table was built on the structure of CBHPM, so many procedure codes overlap. But their roles differ: CBHPM serves as a valuation parameter in negotiations, while TUSS is the regulatory identification standard used on claim forms. Price and reimbursement still depend on the contract between payer and provider.
In practice, the TUSS code is what links what was done to what the system understands. On an authorization or a claim form, it identifies each procedure, material or exam unambiguously, which speeds up the payer's review and reduces rejection due to imprecise descriptions. On a reimbursement request, when you pay out of pocket and ask to be reimbursed, the code on the invoice or receipt is what lets the payer recognize the procedure and apply your plan's rules.
That is why it pays to check the code before contesting a denial, filling in a form or preparing a reimbursement request: a correct code with a matching description avoids rework. Even so, the code does not guarantee payment: coverage, waiting periods, utilization guidelines and the contract still apply, and the final decision belongs to the payer under the rules in force.
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Yes, and that is the main use. The search covers the standardized description, so typing a word from the procedure (such as consulta, hemograma or ressonância) filters the list as you type. You can also search by number: a code with four digits or more filters by prefix.
The standardized terminology of Brazilian supplementary healthcare, from procedure to material to exam. Search by the description you know (e.g. consulta) or by the TUSS code printed on the claim form.
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Informative content. A TUSS code identifies the item, but it does not determine coverage, price or reimbursement rules. For authorization, billing, claim denials or reimbursement, confirm the current version against the official ANS source.