Clinical Coding MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Clinical Coding
Tree Number(s): N04.452.758.708.200.400.500; N04.452.859.564.274; N05.715.360.300.715.500.249; N06.850.520.308.940.968.249
Unique ID: D059019
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059019
Scope Note: Process of substituting a symbol or code for a term such as a diagnosis or procedure. (from Slee's Health Care Terms, 3d ed.)
Entry Term(s): Coding; Medical Coding
NLM Classification #: W 80
Previous Indexing: Forms and Records Control (1978-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011; for CODING see FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL 1978-2010
History Note: 2011; for CODING use FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL 1978-2010
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2013/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

organization & administration (OG)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Health Services Administration [N04]
- Organization and Administration [N04.452]
  - Professional Practice [N04.452.758]
    - Practice Management [N04.452.758.708]
      - Office Management [N04.452.758.708.200]
        
        Forms and Records Control [N04.452.758.708.200.400]
        
        Clinical Coding [N04.452.758.708.200.400.500]

Health Services Administration [N04]
- Organization and Administration [N04.452]
  - Records [N04.452.859]
    - Medical Records [N04.452.859.564]

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
- Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
  - Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
    - Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
      - Records [N05.715.360.300.715]
        
        Medical Records [N05.715.360.300.715.500]
        
        Clinical Coding [N05.715.360.300.715.500.249]
        
        Medical Record Linkage [N05.715.360.300.715.500.500]
        
        Medical Records, Problem-Oriented [N05.715.360.300.715.500.520]
        
        Medical Records Systems, Computerized [N05.715.360.300.715.500.530]
        
        Patient Discharge Summaries [N05.715.360.300.715.500.665]
        
        Trauma Severity Indices [N05.715.360.300.715.500.800]

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
    - Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
      - Records [N06.850.520.308.940]
        
        Medical Records [N06.850.520.308.940.968]
        
        Clinical Coding [N06.850.520.308.940.968.249]
        
        Medical Record Linkage [N06.850.520.308.940.968.500]
        
        Medical Records, Problem-Oriented [N06.850.520.308.940.968.550]
        
        Medical Records Systems, Computerized [N06.850.520.308.940.968.625]
        
        Patient Discharge Summaries [N06.850.520.308.940.968.750]
        
        Trauma Severity Indices [N06.850.520.308.940.968.875]

Clinical Coding Preferred

Coding Broader

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