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Medical Records: Classification Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how codes are created for the SNOMED CT classification system in primary care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
6 Nov 2024
Answer
13 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how codes are created for the SNOMED CT classification system in primary care.

  2. 6 Nov 2024

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  3. 13 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Codes are created for SNOMED CT by one of the following organisations:- UK National Release Centre (NRC), hosted by the Technology and Information Standards (TIS) group in NHS England;- SNOMED International, a not-for-profit organisation that owns, admini...

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