> I still know little about Read but, by the discussions about it in
> GP-UK, it seems to me that codes are being created for classifying
> things to a great detail. After a point, I ask, what is the
> difference between the code and the object it is supposed to
> describe? Is Read trying to convert *every* tiny expression into an
> individual coding string? And if it is so, what's the use? Just
> doubts. Enlighten me, please.
The Read coding system has five, yes, five layers of detail.
So, you can start with a simple term like "chest infection", which
to mind, is quite sufficient for my daily bread and olive oil, down
to "somethingcoccal infection of the bottom left hand corner alveoli
but one with purple to greenish highlights exudate belonging to a
patient who has a one eyed dog with a limp" (not quite, just trying
to make a point).
Alas, Armando, we are stuck with something worse than a Catholic
marriage, and, I fear there is no way out, EXCEPT, for a rogue
like me to declare UDI and dump it.
Ahmad
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