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.
The NHS Digital Terminology and Classifications Delivery Service sets the national clinical coding standards for these classifications in England and is the definitive source for these standards and guidance.
Read more about the ICD-10 classification on Delen.
Email ICD-10 questions or feedback to information.standards@nhs.net.
Items in this category
Basic Anatomy and Physiology eLearning module
An eLearning module to promote 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
The technical preview code list was originally drafted to support a refresh of the ISB 1572 Sensitive Data standards and for no other purpose.
The legal basis for patient identifiable data and sensitive information changed with the introduction of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. However, the legal and policy context and interpretation for sensitive and/or legally restricted data has not been fully established due to the changes in legislation since the original standard was released.
As a result, this supporting code list has remained static since April 2016. NHS Digital will update the codes once an updated policy and instruction is provided by our commissioners.
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 item is designed for NHS information departments and/or NHS system suppliers to upload into PAS systems. These data files are neither designed nor 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 in releases of the ‘NHS ICD-10 4th Edition data files’ item in this category.
The Information Standards Notice describes the mandate for NHS and NHS supplier implementation.
This item is designed for NHS information departments and/or NHS system suppliers to upload into PAS systems. These data files are neither designed nor intended for training purposes.
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 item 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 neither designed nor 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 in releases of the ‘NHS ICD-10 5th Edition data files’ item in this category.
The Information Standards Notice describes the mandate for NHS and NHS supplier implementation.
This item 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 neither designed nor intended for training purposes.
NHS ICD-10 Reprinted (with corrections and updates) 2000
Files in releases of this item contain data equivalent to the icd10met.txt and terms10.txt files (pre-April 2012) in the newer Delimiter Separated Values format.
Implementations of ICD-10 must not use this release - it is provided for the purposes of aiding migration between releases.