Saturday, September 4, 2010
NHS Code Toolkit
Healthcode's NHS Code Toolkit provides a secure web-based facility for registered users to retrieve and translate clinical codes between the disparate standards deployed in the Public and Private sectors and determine HRG's.
The NHS Toolkit allows these providers to work with the standard code sets with which they are familiar and then when needed, translate them to the other standards they are required to comply with.
The toolkit will evolve over time to embrace the full suite of codes adopted within the NHS and automated conversion / brokerage services. The current release supports:
- ICD9 Retrieval
- ICD10 Retrieval
- ICD9 - ICD10 Conversions
- CCSD Retrieval
- OPCS4.2 Retrieval
- CCSD - OPCS4.2 Conversion
Benefits
- Easy translation of codes between the private and public sector
- Allows private practices to send bills for treatment of an NHS patient
| ICD9 Retrieval | The system delivers a retrieval engine for ICD9 codes based on entry of the code or description. Search descriptions may be partial or complete and are deployed via a phonetic (metaphone) searching algorithm (which makes allowances for incorrect spellings). |
| ICD10 Retrieval | The ICD10 codes are retrieved in the same way described above for ICD9 (i.e. a metaphone algorithm has been employed). The ICD10 codes and descriptions deployed are done so under licence from the NHS. |
| ICD9 - ICD10 Conversions | Retrieved ICD9 or 10 codes can be converted between the formats via Healthcode's deployment of ICD9 - ICD10 Translator Tables. The ICD9 to ICD10 mappings deployed are done so under licence from the World Health Organisation (WHO). |
| CCSD Retrieval | The system delivers a retrieval engine for CCSD codes based on entry of the code or description. Search descriptions may be partial or complete and are deployed via a phonetic (metaphone) searching algorithm. The CCSD codes and descriptions deployed are done so under licence from the CCSD. |
| OPCS4.2 Retrieval | The OPCS4.2 codes are retrieved in the same way described above for ICD codes. The OPCS4.2 codes and descriptions deployed are done so under licence from the NHS and have been sourced directly from the NHSIA. There is no hierarchy deployed for OPCS4. |
| CCSD - OPCS4.2 Conversion | Retrieved CCSD or OPCS4.2 codes can be converted between the formats via Healthcode's deployment of a procedure code translator table. This mapping translation has been developed in-house by Healthcode in consultation with a leading private hospital group and is the copyright of Healthcode Ltd. |
Healthcode's services accurately deploy the codes, descriptions and translation tables described above. Healthcode cannot however take any responsibility for the content, accuracy and subsequent usage of those codes, descriptions and translation tables. The toolkit will evolve over time to embrace the full suite of codes. See News & Events for recent developments of the NHS Code Toolkit.
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