Hand surgery coding and classification.
The development of codes for hand surgery as part of the Read Code System is described. A lexicon of clinical terms and surgery has been developed, and will shortly be available from the National Health Service Centre for Coding and Classification in Loughborough, UK.
Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby, UK.
A
A
Macey
C
C
Kelly
O
O
Brady
F
F
Burke
D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000145:classification* / Q000458:organization & administration; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D006113:United Kingdom