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.
Macey
A
A
Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby, UK.
Kelly
C
C
Brady
O
O
Burke
F
F
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