title: New primary renal diagnosis codes for the ERA-EDTA.
abstract: The European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) Registry has produced a new set of primary renal diagnosis (PRD) codes that are intended for use by affiliated registries. It is designed specifically for use in renal centres and registries but is aligned with international coding standards supported by the WHO (International Classification of Diseases) and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (SNOMED Clinical Terms). It is available as supplementary material to this paper and free on the internet for non-commercial, clinical, quality improvement and research use, and by agreement with the ERA-EDTA Registry for use by commercial organizations. Conversion between the old and the new PRD codes is possible. The new codes are very flexible and will be actively managed to keep them up-to-date and to ensure that renal medicine can remain at the forefront of the electronic revolution in medicine, epidemiology research and the use of decision support systems to improve the care of patients.
authors.affiliation: Wessex Renal & Transplant Service, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth and University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Gopalakrishnan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Venkat-Raman
authors.forename: Charles R V
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Tomson
authors.forename: Yongsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cornet
authors.forename: Benedicte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stengel
authors.forename: Carola
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gronhagen-Riska
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jacquelinet
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schaeffner
authors.forename: Els
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boeschoten
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Casino
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Collart
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Meester
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zurriaga
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kramar
authors.forename: Kitty J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Jager
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D059019:Clinical Coding; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012955:Societies, Medical