Problem-orientated categorisation of "other conditions" seen in a genitourinary medicine clinic.
The case sheets of patients coded as D2 (other conditions requiring treatment) and D3 (other conditions not requiring treatment) in 1981 were reclassified on a problem-orientated basis. Ten discreet categories were delineated with ease. Women with non-specific vaginitis and men with Gardnerella vaginalis urogenital infection, usually coded D2 or C4, should be reclassified under the C group of conditions as, for example, "Gardnerella or other bacterial genital infections." It is suggested that codes D2 and D3 be replaced by the following nine categories: genital skin lesions or rashes; genitourinary symptoms; enteric conditions; other sexually transmitted infections; normal genital architecture, congenital conditions, or unconfirmed genital discharges; asymptomatic patients attending for routine examination; uninfected contacts of patients with sexually transmitted diseases; psychosexual problems; and others.
D005260:Female; D006194:Gardnerella vaginalis; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000145:classification*; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000145:classification*; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D006113:United Kingdom; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000145:classification