This half-day workshop, delivered on MS Teams, will provide an understanding of the background and context of SNOMED CT. It will re-enforce awareness that accurate clinical coding is central to General Practice provision of safe, high-quality patient care. It is also a key component in successful financial performance. 

Delegates are required to bring to the session a copy of their own organisation’s Clinical Coding Protocol and to have familiarised themselves with this beforehand. This will then enable learnings to be viewed in the context of that policy and its application in the workplace. 

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcome of this workshops are:

• Some background understanding
• Understanding of uses of Electronic Health Records
• Definition and Purpose of Clinical Coding
• Why Code?
• SNOMED-CT
• Hierarchies
• Search Methods
• Episodicity
• Accurate Clinical Coding and Prevalence
• Awareness of Common Coding Errors
• Hints & Tips
• Next Steps