Open AccessCoding for clinicians
Author(s) -
Sue Eve-Jones
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/147363514x14042954768673
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , coding (social sciences) , medical diagnosis , medical classification , health care , international classification of functioning, disability and health , medicine , nursing , pathology , physical therapy , political science , sociology , rehabilitation , law , social science
Clinical coding is the translation of certain clinical information into a coded form following principles and rules. In the UK this is generally done using the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), which is produced by the World Health Organization to capture information about diagnoses and health status, and the OPCS Classification of Interventions and Procedures Version 4.7 (OPCS-4.7), which is produced by the Health and Social Care Information Centre to capture information about certain interventions.