Health Affairs October 5, 2021
A clinical terminology is a taxonomy of terms used to standardize the storage, retrieval, and exchange of electronic medical data. Many widely used terminologies such as ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification, a set of diagnosis codes), CPT (Current Procedural Terminology, a set of procedure codes), and SNOMED (Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine—Clinical Terms, a comprehensive set of medical concepts) are used for various purposes such as administrative coding, procedural billing, and standardizing clinical documentation. Many of these terminologies have also played important behind-the-scenes roles in the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond their original intended everyday administrative and clinical purposes, they have taken on additional roles in enabling research and surveillance, and providing incentives for new ways of delivering care...
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