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<p>Read Codes, a coded thesaurus of clinical terms, have been used in the National
Health Service since 1985. However, they were confirmed for retirement in 2014 and
updates to the system are no longer being provided.</p><p> </p><p>SNOMED CT (Systematized
Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms) is the clinical terminology that has replaced
Read Codes within the NHS. It is a structured clinical vocabulary for use in an electronic
health record and is the standard for communication of clinical information between
providers of care. SNOMED CT is an approved information standard published under section
250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Within SNOMED CT, there
are currently 87 concepts, which represent a unique clinical meaning, related to the
recording of chronic pain, including chronic back pain, chronic neck pain and chronic
pain control. These can be viewed using the NHS SNOMED CT browser at the following
link:</p><p><br> <a href="https://termbrowser.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://termbrowser.nhs.uk</a></p>
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