Contact details: North Yorkshire Trainers @ necsu.nylearning@nhs.net
Description
Important Please Note:Â This course is for North Yorkshire and York City practice staff only
This course will enable users to understand the importance of coding, become familiar with using codes in practice and how to use them in a medical record
Objectives
- Understand what clinical codes are and the benefits of using them
- Understand SNOMED concepts, hierarchies and alternative terms
- Use the EMIS Web code picker
- Coding in records, eg problems, summary items
- Understand the data quality implications, issues and risks when coding
- Hints and tips to support coding
Data Quality acronym is CARATS, 24 carat data is always the goal!
Complete, Accurate, Relevant, Accessible, Timely, Shareable