Clinical terminology and classification

Original to this reference.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

• explain the difference between a clinical terminology and a classification
• recognise common terminologies such as SNOMED CT and ICD

2. Working

You can:

• find and use the right codes for a data item or form
• use terminology browsers and reference sets

3. Practitioner

You can:

• design data models and reference sets using clinical terminologies
• map between terminologies and classifications, and explain the limits of a mapping
• advise teams on terminology use in products and analytics

4. Expert

You can:

• set terminology policy for the organisation
• lead terminology releases, governance, and quality assurance
• represent the organisation in terminology standards bodies

Closest ESCO skills

• medical terminology (close match)
• develop classification systems (broad match)

Contains ESCO v1.2.1 data (https://esco.ec.europa.eu/). © European Union. Reuse authorised under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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