Community Nurses’ READ Codes
These can be used for Korner returns. 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, #855, or type in a READ term keyword - these are in italics below.
ZLA Seen by nurse
9N24 seen by District Nurse
8C1 Nursing care (care, nursing)
Z1 Nursing care
8C1Z General Nursing Care
114 Initial Assessment / first visit
8C19 Bathing (bathing)
Z14 Bathing procedures
8C14 Bladder / Bowel Care (incontinen)
8C1B Nursing care blood sample taken Venipuncture (blood, sample, taken)
8C41 Parenteral alimentation (parenteral)
ZC64 Parenteral nutrition
81H1 Dressing Ulcer (ulcer)
81H2 Dressing Burn (burn)
81HZ Wound Dressing
Z1B Dressing of skin or wound
8C17 Injections (injection)
8AZ Observation
6 Preventive procedure (see also code Z9K Preventive procedure)
678 Health Promotion
7D1B Pessary Change (pessary, supporting, introducti)
7G22 Suture Removal (removal, suture)
9N31 Telephone Call (phone, telephone)
Z11 Application of pressure bandaging (applicatio, bandaging, pressure)
Z12 Assisting
Z13 Body temperature modification and control
Z15 Behavioural assessment (assessment, behavioura)
Z16 Breast care procedure
Z17 Care regimes (care, regimes)
Z18 Chaperoning
Z19 Detoxification (detoxifica)
Z1A Dialysis training
Z1C Dressing patient
Z1D Feeding patient
Z1E Intensive nursing
Z1F Last office procedures
Z1G Mouth care procedures (mouthcare, procedure)
Z1H Pain management
Z1I Personal hygiene preferences
Z1J Procedures to aid continence
Z1K Removal of object from skin or subcutaneous tissue
Z1L Removal of pressure garment
Z1M Sleep and rest interventions
Z1N Strapping (strapping)
Z1O Skin care procedure (care)
Z1P Teaching how to (how, teaching, to)
Z1Q Therapeutic agent administration procedure
Z1R Toilet of skin
Z1S Toileting regimes
Z1T Turning regimes
Z8 Ability to perform personal care activity (ability, activity, care, perform, personal)
Z81 Able to perform personal care activity (able, activity, care, perform, personal, to)
Z82 Unable to perform personal care activity (activity, care, perform, personal, unable)
Z83 Does perform personal care activity (activity, care, does, perform, personal) And further hierarchical codes Z84, Z85, Z86
392 Grooming ability (grooming)
Z899 Ability to perform grooming activity
395 Dressing ability (dressing)
Z8A6 Ability to dress
Z9 Indirect care procedures (care, indirect) And further hierarchical codes Z91, Z92 Z93
Z9K Preventive procedure And further hierarchical codes Z9K1, Z9K2 (see also code 6)
