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If it isn't coded, it didn't happen: Why accurate SNOMED coding is critical to primary care

your guide to appropriate respiratory coding

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PCRS Webinar

Accurate coding is the foundation of good respiratory care. Every code entered in a patient’s record shapes how conditions are identified, managed and monitored, and affects everything from recall systems and risk stratification to medicines optimisation and long-term condition reviews.

This webinar explores why SNOMED coding matters for common respiratory conditions in primary care, and what happens when it goes wrong. We will look at how consistent coding supports population health management, service planning, the identification of healthcare inequalities and the development of respiratory services. We will also examine the consequences of poor or inconsistent coding: missed clinical opportunities, inaccurate prevalence data, reduced capacity for quality improvement and potential financial impact.

Drawing on best-practice approaches for asthma, COPD, infection, exacerbations and other long-term respiratory diseases, the session will use practical examples of common coding challenges and pitfalls, and show how they can be addressed within day-to-day primary care workflows. You will also see how accurate coding underpins audit, research and commissioning, and helps demonstrate the true value of respiratory services.

You will leave with practical actions to improve respiratory coding accuracy in your practice, primary care network or organisation.

Who should attend: GPs, practice nurses, respiratory leads, pharmacists, practice managers, data and informatics teams, and anyone involved in respiratory care or clinical coding in primary care.

Join us to turn better data into better outcomes for your patients.

This session will be chaired by Sarah Elkin.

Clinical Area
Behaviour change
Derivation
PCRS Produced / Collaboration

Speakers

  • Jenni Quint

    photo of Jenni QuintJennifer Quint is a Professor of Respiratory Epidemiology jointly appointed across the School of Public Health and the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London. She is an Honorary Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine at the Royal Brompton Hospital.

    Prof Quint leads the Respiratory Electronic Health Record group, a clinical epidemiology research group whose interests centre on using various sources of de-identified, routinely collected electronic healthcare records to study a number of respiratory diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, Interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis and most recently COVID-19. Work centres on maximising the quality, linkage and usage of these data for clinical and research purposes. Research topics include understanding the relationship between cardiovascular and respiratory disease, respiratory disease prevention, diagnosis, natural history and management. Many of the outputs are used for informing policy, and in the planning and allocation of resources.

  • Katherine Hickman

    photo of Katherine HickmanKatherine qualified from Leeds University in 2000, initially completing a Medicine Rotation and gaining her MRCP before settling into General Practice. She is a GP Partner in Bradford and is the Primary Care Clinical Lead for the National Respiratory Audit Programme (NRAP). She is also a former Executive Chair of the Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS).

  • Sarah Elkin

    photo of Sarah ElkinSarah Elkin is a Consultant Integrated Respiratory Consultant at Imperial College Healthcare Trust, where she is lead for COPD . She sits on the executive of the Primary Care Respiratory Society. She is  joint clinical director for the London respiratory network and is clinical lead for the COPD in neighbourhoods workstream of the respiratory transformation program.
    Her clinical and research interests are in COPD, integrated care and new models of care. She also loves theatre and bright sunny days.