NICCS recommends that all health care professionals include the appropriate ICD10 and READ codes to NICCS clinical letters to other professionals. This will help to ensure that the correct diagnosis is recorded for the patient and will support future audits of disease prevalence and management. At present, hospital data is coded using ICD10 and Primary Care data is most commonly coded using READ codes therefore both codes should be included on all correspondence.
Please find short guidance on how to use the codes:
The list of ICD10 and READ codes is included below: