Table 2 Read codes referring to a telephone call between patient and medical professional, without a specialised purpose
From: The coding of telephone consultations in UK primary care databases: are we picking up all the calls?
Read code | Description | Percentage of total instances |
|---|---|---|
9N31. | Telephone encounter | 87 |
9N3A. | Telephone triage encounter | 8 |
8CAN. | Patient given telephone advice during surgery hours | 2.9 |
8CAK. | Patient given telephone advice out of hours | 0.9 |
9N3F. | Nurse telephone triage | 0.2 |
8H9. | Planned telephone contact | 0.2 |
9Nj0. | Unsuccessful attempt to contact patient by telephone | 0.2 |
9b0m. | Telephone call from a patient | 0.01 |
9b0n. | Telephone call to a patient | 0.03 |
9b0o. | Telephone conversation | 0.03 |
9b0m. | Telephone call from a patient | 0.02 |
9N311 | Telephone follow-up | 0.01 |