Using Research Codes
Guidance for Using Research Codes for Primary Care Research
SNOMED CT is a structured clinical vocabulary for use in an electronic health record. It is the most comprehensive and precise clinical health terminology product in the world, forming an integral part of the electronic care record. It represents care information in a clear, consistent, and comprehensive manner.
Useful Tips
Recommend the use of the "consented" codes for patients who agree to join either a Clinical Trial or Research Study.
Benefits of Research Coding
The bullet points below summarise some key benefits of the utilisation of Research SNOMED codes.
GP Sites
Aids the tracking of Research activity concerning their patients.
Research coding aids provision of research data to research teams.
Study Teams
Ensures accurate and timely payments of Research costs based on coded evidence.
Standardised use of Research Codes for tracking increases data accuracy and speedier data returns.
Research codes will allow tracking of patients participating in specific studies making follow up simpler for activity such as Medical Record Reviews.
The CRN
Ensures accurate and timely payments of Service Support costs based on coded evidence.
Enables the collation of accurate data to aid the feasibility process for future research delivery.
For All Parties
Research codes help identify patients participating in specific studies to aid the patient identification process for future research opportunities (for example, if participation in one study is an exclusion criterion for another study).
Wider Use
Enables the identification of Research activity within data extractions for “Big Data” solutions (e.g. Clinical Practice Research Datalink - CPRD).
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SNOMED International produces and maintains maps for their customers who use other coding systems, classifications and terminologies (e.g ICD-10) in addition to SNOMED CT.
Coding Trial Medication
Click on the button below to read guidance for managing the recording of non-practice medications in Vision and EMIS from the Scottish Clinical Information Management in Practice website.