Vocabulary for ProcedureCode

Version:	2.0
Status:	active
Date:	2004-04-05

Any code from one of the clinical coding systems listed below that describes a kind of procedure carried out on or with a person. For example an endoscopy, medication administration or operation to remove the gall-bladder. The code may include equivalent or broader codes from other coding systems.

SNOMED CT UK

A code from Snomed-CT (UK) may be accompanied by additional qualifying codes from the same coding system.

Clinical Terms (Read Codes) v3

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

Read Codes Version 2

Read Codes Four Byte Set

Egton Codes

An optional code from another of the coding systems described above, representing a mapping to the first code, may be used as a "translation".

A translation code is not required if the data was originally recorded in Snomed-CT UK; otherwise the "translation" code should have an identical or more general meaning than the original code.