GP clinical coding services
Outsource SNOMED CT coding of GP letters and patient records to NovaDoc. We support NHS practices and PCNs with correspondence coding, patient-record code amendment and data quality in EMIS Web or SystmOne, supporting QOF, disease registers and recall.
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SNOMED CT coding of hospital letters and GP patient records
NovaDoc codes diagnoses, procedures and relevant QOF information from clinical correspondence to the NovaHS coding protocol. This is a managed service for NHS general practice, delivered within your existing clinical system. If you need the wider workflow handled too, explore GP letter processing and clinical correspondence support, including agreed document matching, action handling and filing.
Consistent, high-quality coding means cleaner registers, more reliable recall and better data quality across the whole practice, giving clinicians confidence in the record in front of them. Read about why clinical coding matters for GP practices.
- Accurate SNOMED CT coding to the NovaHS coding protocol.
- Consistent coding that keeps disease registers clean.
- Improved data quality that clinicians can trust.
The coding quality is excellent and consistent. Our QOF and recall data has never looked cleaner, and I finally trust the registers.
Patient-record recoding and QOF data quality support
Existing GP patient records may need code amendment because of inaccurate coding, changing QOF requirements or data-cleansing needs. NovaDoc supports bulk SNOMED CT code amendment and recoding within the agreed clinical-record project, helping practices maintain consistent disease registers and recall data.
Accurate recoding protects QOF, keeps recall processes firing for the right patients and supports day-to-day patient care. It removes a painstaking task from your own team while measurably improving data quality across the record.
- Human error: correction of inaccurate coding at scale.
- Changing QOF requirements: bulk amendment to reflect updated QOF rules.
- Data cleansing: that protects QOF, recall processes and everyday care.
Who it's for: GP practices, PCNs, Federations and ICBs across England that need accurate SNOMED clinical coding, or bulk recoding and data cleansing to protect QOF and data quality.
They bulk-recoded years of drifted and legacy Read codes at scale. Patients who were slipping off registers are back where they belong.
*Based on real-world results achieved at some GP practices. Actual figures vary by document mix, package and practice.
Clinical coding support at North Shore Surgery
North Shore Surgery's document-processing project combined backlog clearance with continuing clinical coding support. The practice's feedback describes the quality of that work and its experience of working with NovaHS.
The quality of their work has been consistently high, communication has always been clear and professional, and they have been a valued partner throughout.
Excerpt from customer feedback supplied by email. This is customer-reported experience, not a coding-accuracy audit.
Clinical coding & recoding FAQs
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When the QOF rules changed, NovaDoc amended our codes in bulk without pulling any of our staff off patient care. A painstaking job, gone.