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This chapter describes several important coding and classification systems that have been and remain influential in healthcare. These use position-dependent codes. We briefly discuss the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs), the Read Codes, SNOP and SNOMED and the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS).
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Benson, T., Grieve, G. (2021). Classifications . In: Principles of Health Interoperability. Health Information Technology Standards. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56883-2_15
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