NHS Classifications ICD-10
NHS Digital is responsible for the publication and maintenance of the NHS Information Standards ICD and OPCS-4 on behalf of the UK as well as other products to support the implementation of these clinical classifications and derivative products.
NHS Digital Terminology and Classifications Delivery Service sets the national clinical coding standards for these classifications in England and as such is the definitive source for these standards and guidance.
You can access information on the ICD-10 Classification on Delen.
For any queries regarding ICD-10 please contact the Information Standards Service Desk.
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Basic Anatomy and Physiology eLearning module
Promoting an understanding of diseases and operations described in case notes by providing information on body systems, how they work together, and the terminology used to describe them. This module must be completed prior to attendance on an 18-day Clinical Coding Foundation Course.
Legally restricted patient confidential reference data
Important Notice - NHS Digital is currently undertaking a review of clinical codes that are defined as sensitive (legally restricted) to ensure that its use of provider data is compliant with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008) and the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (as amended by The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2005).
As part of this work, NHS Digital are seeking your feedback on a proposed list of legally unshareable clinical codes. The codes that have been identified will continue to be used for secondary purposes, but all related information that could potentially identify an individual would be removed where the codes are used for any other reason apart from direct care.
Your feedback will be used to finalise this list of codes, which will be then available for use across the health care system and within national data sets.
Closing date: 19 January 2018
Part of the Legally Restricted patient confidential data change standard ISB 1572 Sensitive Data.
Includes the updated clinical code lists for In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) across the following terminologies and classifications:
- SNOMED CT
- 5-byte Read Codes Version 2
- Clinical Terms Version 3
- ICD-10
- OPCS 4
Status: Technology Preview
NHS ICD-10 5th Edition data files
A set of release files containing the Codes and Titles and Metadata and specification, Tables of Coding Equivalences and specification (comprising forward and backward maps with/ without code descriptions) and a summary of changes report, to support ICD-10 5th Edition implementation on 1 April 2016. The Information Standards Notice describes the mandate for NHS and NHS supplier implementation.
This subpack is designed for NHS information departments and /or NHS system suppliers to upload into PAS systems and to assist data analysts with the comparison of data collected according to ICD-10 5th Edition with that collected according to the ICD-10 4th Edition. These data files are not designed or intended for training purposes.
NHS ICD-10 5th Edition XML data files
A set of XML release files containing the Codes and Titles and Metadata, Tables of Coding Equivalences (comprising forward and backward maps with/without code descriptions) in XML format to support ICD-10 5th Edition implementation on 1 April 2016. Associated specifications are available at NHS ICD-10 5th Edition data files. The Information Standards Notice describes the mandate for NHS and NHS supplier implementation.
This subpack is designed for NHS information departments and /or NHS system suppliers to upload into PAS systems and to assist data analysts with the comparison of data collected according to ICD-10 5th Edition with that collected according to the ICD-10 4th Edition. These data files are not designed or intended for training purposes.
NHS ICD-10 4th Edition data files
A set of release files containing the Codes and Titles and Metadata and specification, Tables of Coding Equivalences and specification (comprising forward and backward maps with/ without code descriptions) and a summary of changes report, to support ICD-10 4th Edition implementation on 1 April 2012. The Information Standards Notice describes the mandate for NHS and NHS supplier implementation. This subpack is designed for NHS information departments and /or NHS system suppliers to upload into PAS systems. These data files are not designed or intended for training purposes.
NHS ICD-10 4th Edition XML data files
A set of release files containing the Codes and Titles and Metadata, Tables of Coding Equivalences (comprising forward and backward maps with/without code descriptions) in XML format to support ICD-10 4th Edition implementation on 1 April 2012. Associated specifications are available at NHS ICD-10 4th Edition data files, see above. The Information Standards Notice describes the mandate for NHS and NHS supplier implementation. This subpack is designed for NHS information departments and /or NHS system suppliers to upload into PAS systems. These data files are not designed or intended for training purposes.
NHS ICD-10 Reprinted (with corrections and updates) 2000
This file contains data equivalent to the icd10met.txt and terms10.txt files (pre-April 2012) in the newer Delimiter Separated Values (DSV) format. Implementations of ICD-10 MUST NOT use this release, it is provided for the purposes of aiding migration between releases. Specifically, analysts working with the ToCE files without descriptions will need.