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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Data Collection > Records > Medical Records > Clinical Coding
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Clinical Coding  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Coding, Medical
  • Medical Coding

Scope note

  • Process of substituting a symbol or code for a term such as a diagnosis or procedure. (from Slee's Health Care Terms, 3d ed.)

History note

  • 2011; for CODING use FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL 1978-2010

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D059019

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