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NS Department of Health

NS Department of Health

Provide a common terminology for reporting surgical procedures as part of a province-wide wait time management system.

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Provide a common terminology for reporting surgical procedures as part of a province-wide wait time management system.

Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Description

Procedure codes from regional surgical systems need to be mapped to a common provincial term.

Scope

Procedure codes from regional surgical systems will be mapped to an equivalent SNOMED CT concept. Provincial reports will be created using the common SNOMED CT concepts.

How SNOMED CT will be used

SNOMED CT provides a common, standard terminology / code set.

Why SNOMED CT will be used

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