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Tips (31)

Tips and how-to articles from the 3M HDD team about various standard and local terminologies.

What is a HCPCS level II code?

Thursday, 14 February 2019 14:40
Connie Dickman

The Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) was established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 1983. HCPCS used to stand for HCFA Common Procedure Coding System when CMS used to be the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) prior to June 14, 2001.

Understanding LOINC® Groups

Thursday, 03 January 2019 11:31
Michael Denton

The LOINC® groups project by the Regenstrief Institute aims to give you a flexible, extensible, and computable mechanism for rolling up groups of LOINC codes for various purposes.

How to contribute to SNOMED CT

Wednesday, 12 December 2018 09:47
Jessica Weingarten

Have you been searching for a concept in SNOMED CT only to realize it simply isn’t there, or have you found duplicated concepts that need to be corrected?

What is a Map Set?

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 13:22
Connie Dickman

What is a map set in our world of medical terminologies?

Mapping Specimens to SNOMED CT

Wednesday, 03 October 2018 15:06
Elva Knight

Accurate deciphering of a medical laboratory specimen is crucial to the correct set up of the media/instrument prior to testing.

What’s new for the 2019 ICD-10-CM

Wednesday, 12 September 2018 11:39
Lee Min Lau

Here are the highlights from the upcoming fiscal year 2019 edition (effective October 1st, 2018):

Parenthesis, Brackets and Braces in LOINC®

Wednesday, 29 August 2018 15:56
Precious Porter

Parentheses, brackets and braces – called “enclosing glyphs” – are used in LOINC® for different purposes.

Searching for a LOINC® Document Ontology Term

Wednesday, 29 August 2018 14:23
Michael Denton

Now that we’ve gone over the basics required for understanding the LOINC® Document Ontology in June’s tip of the month, let’s talk about how to search for LOINC® documents – which can be difficult.