Read code: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:25, 10 January 2023

Latest revision as of 06:42, 17 March 2025

(One intermediate revision by one other user not shown)

Line 20:

A popular misconception is that all 4-Byte codes are also present in 5-Byte, where they will also carry the same meaning. Whilst in the majority of cases any 4-Byte code of the general form 'wxyz' will be equivalent to a 5-Byte code of the form 'wxyz.', there are notable exceptions. The 4-Byte code [E333 Fear of flying], for example, corresponds to 5-Byte [E202A Fear of flying]; no [E333.] code exists in 5-Byte Read at all.

===NHS mandationmandate===

In 1988 a joint conference of the [[Royal College of General Practitioners]] and the [[British Medical Association]] recommended standardisation of the system in general practice [[Electronic medical record|Electronic Medical Record (EMR)]] systems and the [[National Health Service]] mandated this in April 1999.<ref name="NHS-CfH">{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions about Clinical Terms (The Read Codes) |url=http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/data/readcodes/faqs/index_html#1 |publisher=NHS Connecting for Health |access-date=2010-04-17}}</ref> The intellectual property of the codes themselves was purchased outright by the UK government, and they have therefore been published under [[Crown Copyright]] ever since.

Line 70:

[[Category:National Health Service]]

[[Category:Diagnosis classificationcodes]]

[[Category:General practice]]

[[Category:Clinical procedure classification]]