Workshop Objective

SNOMED CT stands for “Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms” and is a common international healthcare language that has replaced Read codes within the NHS.

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

This workshop will increase delegates' coding skills, build confidence and help to eliminate the most common coding errors.

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcome of this workshops are;

• 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