Vocabulary for ObservationCode

 

 Description

Any code from the coding systems listed below that describes a kind of observation about a person, for example for a sign, symptom, diagnosis or test result.

 

Values:

Version:

03

Date:

10th May 2004

 

 Code

Description

Note

A code taken from one of:

·        SNOMED CT UK

·        Clinical Terms (Read Codes) v3

·        The Read Codes Version 2

·        The Read Codes Four Byte Set

·        Egton Codes

The code shall describe an observation / finding / symptom / body structure / other social or economic state of a person.

A code from Snomed-CT (UK) or Clinical Terms (Read codes) Version 3 may be accompanied by additional qualifying codes from the same coding system.

Optionally, a code from another of the coding systems described above, representing a mapping to the first code as a "translation".  A translation code is not required if the data was originally recorded in Snomed-CT UK

The “translation” code should have an identical or more general meaning than the original code.