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Read codes

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NHS England: Accessible Information Standard v1.1 - Implementation guidance

NHS England

A coded thesaurus of clinical terms representing the clinical terminology system used in general practice. Read Codes have two versions: version 2 (v2) and version 3 (CTV3 or v3), which are the basic means by which clinicians record patient findings and procedures.

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