[Histonet] Re: SNOMED

[joelle weaver]

Thanks Dr. Richmond, in advance hopes that you will share your cheat sheet for those of us who are building LIS pathology systems and associated dictionaries with billing codes!




Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC
 
> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:21:19 -0500
> From: rsrichmond <@t> gmail.com
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Re: SNOMED
> 
> Tanya G. Abbott RT (CSMLS), Manager Technologist, Histology/Cytology, St.
> Joseph Medical Center, Reading, PA asks:
> 
> >>Can anyone give me a brief synopsis of how this SNOMED thing works?
> Please?<<
> 
> SNOMED (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine), in its current avatar of
> SNOMED CT, is in my experience (over 60 pathology services) not in
> widespread use in the US. Wikipedia has a perfectly incomprehensible
> article about SNOMED CT.
> 
> Is it possibly that someone has confused SNOMED with ICD-10, the new
> diagnostic coding system going into use on October first of this year?
> They're not the same.
> 
> As soon as I can get my hands on a copy of ICD-10 (everybody I know is
> doing a deer in the headlights with the whole issue) I'll be updating my
> ICD-9 "cheat sheet" that has the most commonly needed pathology codes all
> on one crowded page. I'll be looking for somebody authoritative to review
> it when I get it written.
> 
> Bob Richmond
> Samurai Pathologist and reluctant coder
> Maryville TN
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