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Practice Nurse/Treatment Room READ Codes

Entries can be made either from History-Add or Record on the top of the MRO column, Patient Record. To select from READ, either use # followed by the code, eg, #8C1B, or type in a READ term keyword - these are in italics below.

  • 2... Examination / signs
  • 2125.11 NAD on examination (NAD)
  • 32...12 ECG (ECG)
  • 4JG..11 Skin swab (swab)
  • 4JK..11 Vaginal Swab (swab, vaginal)
  • 4JK2 HVS (high, HVS, swab, vaginal)
  • 65...11 Immunisations
  • 66C..11 Weight monitoring (weight)
  • 66U..11 Hormone replacement therapy (hormone, HRT, replacemen)
  • 67E Foreign Travel Advice (foreign, travel)
  • 67E2 Travel vaccination given (vaccinatio)
  • 69D1.14 Well man health examination
  • 69D2.16 Well woman health examination
  • 6A Patient reviewed (patient, reviewed)
  • 7305011 Ear syringing (syringe)
  • 7G20 Suture of skin of head or neck (head, neck, suture)
  • 7G21 Suture of skin of other site (suture)
  • 7G2E Dressing of skin (dressing)
  • 7L172 Blood Withdrawal for Testing (blood, testing, withdrawal)
  • 7L18 Intramuscular Injection (injection, intramuscu)
  • 7L19 Subcutaneous Injection (injection, subcutaneo)

See also underEncounter Information READ codes

  • 81H1 Dressing Ulcer (ulcer)
  • 81H2 Dressing Burn (burn)
  • 81HZ Wound Dressing - general
  • 8C15 Nursing care - dressing (dressing)
  • 8C17 Nursing Care - injection (injection)
  • 8C1B Venepuncture (blood, sample, taken)
  • 8CA Patient given advice (advice)

See also under Advice READ codes

  • M271.13 Leg ulcer NOS (leg)
  • Z1 Nursing care
  • Z11 Application of pressure bandaging (applicatio, bandaging, pressure)
  • Z12 Assisting
  • ZC Feeding and dietary regimes (dietary, feeding, regimes)
  • ZC1 Actions to lose weight (actions)
  • ZC4 Dietary health promotion advice
  • ZC7 Food hygiene advice (advice, food, hygiene)
  • ZLA Seen by nurse
  • ZV67 [V] Follow-up examination (examinatio, follow)
  • ZV681 [V] issue of repeat prescription (issue)
  • ZV7 [V]Well persons examination, investigation and screening (well)

    Note - Refer also to the sections on Health Checks and Immunisations.