title: The application of Read Codes to anaesthesia.
abstract: The Anaesthetic Specialty Working Group of the Clinical Terms Project is creating a set of terms for anaesthesia. These terms can be used to describe the activities of an anaesthetist, and are designed for use in computerised systems such as automated anaesthetic record-keeping systems. These terms will be coded as Read Codes, and will be introduced to the National Health Service in 1994. The method for, and the reasoning behind the creation of these terms, is discussed below. The way that these terms can be used in the field of anaesthesia is outlined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics, Manchester Royal Infirmary.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Banks
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology; D007256:Information Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D013222:State Medicine; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom