Clinical coding in primary care: Accuracy, quality and impact
Format
Virtual
Number of participants
Duration
Course overview
- Purpose and importance of high-quality clinical coding
- Overview of coding standards in NHS primary care (SNOMED CT, problem lists, structured data)
- Common coding errors and their impact on patient care, QOF, population health, and reporting
- Coding for long-term conditions, safeguarding, frailty, and health inequalities
- Using templates, prompts, and workflows to support consistent coding.
Format
- Virtually delivered
- Live demonstration of coding within a GP clinical system
- Case-based examples: ‘How would you code this consultation?’
- Interactive quiz on correct vs incorrect coding choices
- Group discussion: balancing clinical workload with good coding practice.
Learning outcomes
- Understand why accurate clinical coding is critical for safe care, analytics, and funding
- Apply best-practice principles when coding consultations and diagnoses
- Recognise and avoid common pitfalls in problem lists and episode coding
- Improve data quality to support audits, searches, and population health work.
Who should attend
GPs, practice nurses, HCAs, pharmacists, physician associates, care coordinators, practice managers, data and quality leads.
Cost per session
Pre-training requirement
