SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms) is a standardized, multilingual vocabulary of clinical terminology. It is designed to be used by health care providers for the electronic recording and exchange of clinical health information with the aim of improving patient care.
SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
- Clinical Terms) is a standardized, multilingual vocabulary of clinical
terminology. It is designed to be used by health care providers for the
electronic recording and exchange of clinical health information with the aim
of improving patient care.
Benefits of SNOMED CT In essence, recording of clinical data using SNOMED CT will enable consistent communication of patient data across different healthcare systems. In addition, data collated from the same or across different systems can be consistently retrieved and analysed to support evidenced based care and service improvement...Read More
Currently there are two versions of clinical codes (Read v2 and CTV3) in existence within
general practice, so not all GP systems use the same coding system and they do not provide
the sophisticated features now expected from a clinical terminology... Read More
A collection of short animations produced by NHS Digital. Please note these animations were published in February 2017, the deployment plan has since evolved, see the NHS Digital website for more details.
This section contains information on getting ready for SNOMED.
The mapping tables below show CTv3 (SystmOne) & Read 2 (EMIS) codes and their SNOMED CT term equivalents.
If you need further support with SNOMED you can directly contact your clinical provider:
EMIS Support Number: 0330 024 1270
SystmOne Support Number: 0113 20 500 95
To log a call with NWL Servicedesk Number: 020 3350 4050 or Email: nwlccgs.snomednwl@nhs.net