Download the current SIGTAB table

Downloads and reads the current SIA procedure table distributed by DataSUS. process_sia() can use this table to add procedure descriptions.

Usage

fetch_sigtab(timeout = 240)

Arguments

timeout

A positive numeric scalar. Download and connection timeout, in seconds.

Value

A data frame with character columns COD (procedure code) and nome_proced (procedure name).

Network access

This function downloads the current TAB_SIA.zip archive from DataSUS. Transfer progress is displayed by default. The temporary archive and extracted files are removed before the function returns or aborts.

References

Saldanha, R. F. (2026). SIA – Sistema de Informações Ambulatoriais do SUS.

See also

process_sia(), fetch_datasus()