Exchanging Codes with Translations in practice
Jul 4, 2014All the mainstream clinical coding data types across HL7 (v2, v3, FHIR) and elsewhere (openEHR, IHE, DICOM to a lesser degree) allow for a translations of codes. These are provided because institutions are often not able to get consistency over which terminologies are in use. On the other hand, actually exchanging translations of codes is not that common in my experience. I’ve seen it in the following cases: * Coding for lab tests and panels (typically, a combination of local, LOINC, and Snomed codes)
- Translations for medication codes in the Australian PCEHR (from one system only)
That’s the cases where I’ve seen it in practice. Where else have you actually seen it used? Can we gather some specific cases where it has been used (not where it might be a good idea, since complexity always sounds like a good idea at first).
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