BS EN 13609-1:2005

What is BS EN 13609-1 - Updating coding schemes of messages for maintenance about?  

BS EN 13609-1 is the first part of the multiple series document that specifies messages for electronic information exchange between computer systems using coding schemes in healthcare. It describes a message that may be used to populate or update the content of a coding scheme at user applications. 

Note: BS EN 13609-1 is limited to a definition of the content of a message that serves the following functions: 

• To populate a new coding scheme where individual entries are composed of a code value related to zero or more (textual) code meanings 
• To add new entries into an existing coding scheme where these entries are composed of new code values and their associated meanings 
• To mark existing code value entries as no longer active 
• To mark new and existing code meanings to be of a certain status (e.g., Preferred, obsolete, etc.) 
• To mark new and existing code values with dates of applicability 
• To mark new and existing code meanings with dates of applicability 

Who is BS EN 13609-1 - Updating coding schemes of messages for maintenance for?  

BS EN 13609-1 on updating coding schemes of messages for maintenance is useful for: 

• Large Hospitals  
• Health care organizations  
• Managers dealing with health care services 
• Nursing informatics 
• Public health informatics 
• Message developers 
• Clinical departments 
• Specialist clinics 

Why should you use BS EN 13609-1 - Updating coding schemes of messages for maintenance? 

The increased use of data processing and telecommunications capabilities has made possible the interchange of information in machine-readable and machine-processable formats. As automated interchange of information in healthcare increases, it is essential to provide appropriate information interchange standards. 

BS EN 13609-1 provides a specification of a message that you can use to populate or update a mapping between a single code value in a coding scheme and a simple list of core values that together have an equivalent meaning in the same coding scheme. 

BS EN 13609-1 provides a specification of a message that you can use to populate or update a mapping showing equivalence between code values in two different coding schemes. The specification supports mappings in which:  

• A single code value in one (source) coding scheme is mapped to a single equivalent code value within another (target) coding scheme 
• A single code value in the source coding scheme is mapped to a set of code values which together represent an equivalent concept within the target coding scheme