ACCIDENT and EMERGENCY CLINICAL CODES
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Certain items are sub-analysed to specify the diagnosis, investigation or treatment more precisely. These are marked with an asterisk. The diagnosis sub-analysis list follows the main diagnosis list, and the treatment sub-analysis list follows the main treatment list.
- It is recommended that computerised systems provide a minimum of six character fields for each category in order to accommodate more detailed information if necessary. Where fewer than six characters are required for coding, such as for investigations and treatments, it is recommended that the codes are left-justified and the unused fields left blank.
- ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DIAGNOSIS is a six character code, comprising:
Accident and Emergency Diagnosis
A broad classification of types of diagnoses which may be made as a result of ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ATTENDANCES. The full description is made up of codes from three tables - ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DIAGNOSIS, ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ANATOMICAL AREAS and ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ANATOMICAL SIDE. Anatomical Area (a classification of parts of the human body) and Anatomical Side (an indication of the side of the human body) together give the Anatomical Site of clinical problems presented at Accident And Emergency Attendances.
Diagnosis Condition | n2 |
Sub-Analysis | n1 |
ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ANATOMICAL AREA | n2 |
ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY ANATOMICAL SIDE | an1 |
Accident and Emergency Diagnosis - Diagnosis Condition
Diagnosis Condition | Code |
---|---|
Laceration | 01 |
Contusion/abrasion* | 02 |
Soft tissue inflammation | 03 |
Head injury* | 04 |
Dislocation/fracture/joint injury/amputation* | 05 |
Sprain/ligament injury | 06 |
Muscle/tendon injury | 07 |
Nerve injury | 08 |
Vascular injury | 09 |
Burns and scalds* | 10 |
Electric shock | 11 |
Foreign body | 12 |
Bites/stings | 13 |
Poisoning* (including overdose) | 14 |
Near drowning | 15 |
Visceral injury | 16 |
Infectious disease* | 17 |
Local infection | 18 |
Septicaemia | 19 |
Cardiac conditions* | 20 |
Cerebro-vascular conditions | 21 |
Other vascular conditions | 22 |
Haematological conditions | 23 |
Central Nervous System conditions* (excluding strokes) | 24 |
Respiratory conditions* | 25 |
Gastrointestinal conditions* | 26 |
Urological conditions (including cystitis) | 27 |
Obstetric conditions | 28 |
Gynaecological conditions | 29 |
Diabetes and other endocrinological conditions* | 30 |
Dermatological conditions | 31 |
Allergy (including anaphylaxis) | 32 |
Facio-maxillary conditions | 33 |
ENT conditions | 34 |
Psychiatric conditions | 35 |
Ophthalmological conditions | 36 |
Social problem (includes chronic alcoholism and homelessness) | 37 |
Diagnosis not classifiable | 38 |
Nothing abnormal detected | 39 |
Item sub-analysed
Accident and Emergency Diagnosis - Sub-analysis
Sub-analysis | Code | |
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Contusion/abrasion | - contusion - abrasion |
1 2 |
Head Injury | - concussion - other head injury |
1 2 |
Dislocation/fracture/joint injury/amputation | - dislocation - open fracture - closed fracture - joint injury - amputation |
1 2 3 4 5 |
Burns and scalds | - electric - thermal - chemical - radiation |
1 2 3 4 |
Poisoning | - prescriptive drugs - proprietary drugs - controlled drugs - other, including alcohol |
1 2 3 4 |
Infectious disease | - notifiable disease - non-notifiable disease |
1 2 |
Cardiac conditions | - myocardial ischaemia & infarction - other non-ischaemia |
1 2 |
Respiratory conditions | - bronchial asthma - other non-asthma |
1 2 |
Central Nervous System conditions | - epilepsy - other non-epilepsy |
1 2 |
Gastrointestinal conditions | - haemorrhage - acute abdominal pain - other |
1 2 3 |
Diabetes and other endocrinological conditions | - diabetic - other non-diabetic |
1 2 |
Anatomical Site
Accident And Emergency Anatomical Area - Area
Anatomical Area | Code |
---|---|
Head and Neck | |
Brain | 01 |
Head | 02 |
Face | 03 |
Eye | 04 |
Ear | 05 |
Nose | 06 |
Mouth, Jaw, Teeth | 07 |
Throat | 08 |
Neck | 09 |
Upper Limb | |
Shoulder | 10 |
Axilla | 11 |
Upper Arm | 12 |
Elbow | 13 |
Forearm | 14 |
Wrist | 15 |
Hand | 16 |
Digit | 17 |
Trunk | |
Cervical spine | 18 |
Thoracic | 19 |
Lumbosacral spine | 20 |
Pelvis | 21 |
Chest | 22 |
Breast | 23 |
Abdomen | 24 |
Back/buttocks | 25 |
Ano/rectal | 26 |
Genitalia | 27 |
Lower Limb | |
Hip | 28 |
Groin | 29 |
Thigh | 30 |
Knee | 31 |
Lower leg | 32 |
Ankle | 33 |
Foot | 34 |
Toe | 35 |
Multiple Site | 36 |
Accident and Emergency Anatomical Side | |
Left | L |
Right | R |
Bilateral | B |
Not applicable | 8 |