Shared medical language

Codes that help diagnosis and treatment — in easy words.

Doctors still write the story. Codes stop “fever” meaning three different things in three files.

SNOMED

Shared dictionary

A common word-list for clinical facts, so teams mean the same thing.

ICD

The diagnosis code

Names the illness on this visit — useful for care, reports and TPA.

ICHI

The action code

Names the test or procedure that was actually done.

LOINC

The lab test code

So the machine, the report and the doctor’s order match.