Health Care

Clinical Coding

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

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

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

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Medical Coding
  • Coding, Clinical
  • Coding, Medical
  • Coding

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

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

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Previous Indexing

  • Forms and Records Control (1978-2010)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. N04w.452.758.708w.200w.400.500
  2. N04w.452.859.564w.274
  3. N05.715w.360.300w.715.500w.249
  4. N06.850w.520w.308w.940.968w.249

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NLM Classification

W 80

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Clinical Coding. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059019. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059019
  2. Clinical Coding. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70448550