Clinical Coding for Primary Care Staff

End: 13:00

Allow 10 minutes before the start of the session for registration and AV equipment check

• £95 per delegate (inclusive of VAT) for attendees from Londonwide practices.
• £120 per delegate (inclusive of VAT) for attendees from practices from other areas.

This workshop will give delegates a background of the history of Read Codes, a clear understanding of SNOMED CT and what Practices need to do to ensure their templates, protocols, searches and audits are future proof. Accurate clinical coding is central to GP Practices’ provision of safe, high quality patient care, as well as being a key component in its successful financial performance.

Therefore, it is an everyday imperative that team members involved in coding have a current practical understanding of operational best practice

• Reasons for and history of Read codes
• Overview of Read Version 2 and Clinical Terms Version 3
• Getting to grips with SNOMED CT
• Why the change?
• Transitioning from Read to SNOMED
• SNOMED search methods
• Improving data quality
• Developing your action plan