title: The development and role of the Read Codes.
abstract: Produced and maintained by Britain's National Health Service, the Read Codes are a comprehensive, controlled clinical vocabulary. Here's a look at how the codes evolved, their use in the NHS, and the continual process of aligning the system with the needs of its users.
authors.affiliation: NHS Centre for Coding and Classification, Loughborough, England.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harding
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stuart-Buttle
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards*; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented / Q000592:standards*; D012984:Software; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled