Part of Lung Cancer Screening Data Set user guidance
Appendix 2 Care activity guidance
NHS England are not placing any restrictions on the activities and/or interventions that service providers can demonstrate through clinical terminology.
It is likely the case that specific reporting needs for different policies will instigate work on developing comprehensive lists for service activities or intervention types. This approach is going to place emphasis on the development of terminology “subsets” to meet particular clinical needs and national and local reporting needs by the wider community such as DHSC, NHS England, clinicians and informatics staff.
NHS England will include references to appropriate nationally relevant subsets within this User Guidance appendix. However, this appendix should not be considered definitive, and it is essential service providers keep up to date with both national and local reporting requirements.
Illustration of LCS202 Care Activity fields
The following table provides a high-level illustration and basic example of the purpose and relationship between each data item within the LCS202 Care Activity table.
| Hierarchy | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Procedure | Represents activities performed in the provision of health care. This includes not only invasive procedures but also administration of medicines, imaging, education, therapies and administrative procedures | measuring weight |
| Finding | Represents the result of a clinical observation, assessment or judgment and includes normal and abnormal clinical states |
normal weight excessive weight loss |
| Observation | Represents a question or assessment which can produce an answer or result | body weight |
| Obs value | Represents the value of the observation | 90 |
| Unit of measure | Represents the unit of measure of the observation value | kg |
Further information about the concept model of SNOMED CT can be found within the SNOMED CT Starter Guide
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