Clinical Codes

Some FHIR resources uses clinical codes from different coding systems like e.g. FEST or ATC. A coding system (kodeverk) is a group of codes which documents clinical information in an electronic patient journal (EPJ), like e.g. diagnoses, test results or drugs (legemiddel). Codes and coding systems are therefore an important part of the critical-information domain.

Client Responsibilty

The critical-information API validates that the codes sent in by the client is a valid code for the given coding system. The clients must therefore keep track of the codes and coding systems they use. This means updating the coding systems regularly to make sure that inactive or removed codes are not used.

Some codes, like e.g. Kosttilskudd Merkevare in the FEST coding system, are not allowed based on a clinical assessment. If a client still wants to register one of these codes then we need to consider this on a case by case basis.