Scottish Clinical Coding Standards
Clinical and health related data are collected on various national patient based datasets. To ensure data is recorded consistently and accurately, nationally agreed coding systems are used. The coding systems used are the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD10) for diagnoses and the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Fourth Revision (OPCS4) for procedures.
To support of these nationally agreed coding systems, ISD have provided clinical coding staff with Scottish Clinical Coding Standards (previously known as Coding Guidelines) since May 1996.
An index of the articles 
[130kb] published in Scottish Clinical Coding Standards and a flowchart [24kb] explaining the process of resolving coding queries is also available
Clarification of recording of co-morbidities on SMR data - new guidelines .
Please refer to the letter 
[110kb] and guidelines [260kb] regarding coding of co-morbidities which will take effect as of October 1st 2007.
Current Edition
Guideline Archive
- Coding Guidelines No. 31, September 2012 [280kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 30, March 2012 [250kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 29, October 2011 [195kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 28, March 2011 [236kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 26, October 2010 [226kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 27, October 2010 SMR02 Review 2010 [265kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 25, April 2010 [312kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 24, October 2009 [271kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 23, September 2008 [84kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 22, March 2008 [94kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 21, November 2007 [112kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 20, June 2007 [92kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 19, September 2006 [89kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 18, May 2006 [110kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 17, January 2006 [80kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 16, August 2005 [96]
- Coding Guidelines No. 15, November 2004 [81kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 14, January 2004 [53kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 13, January 2003 [66kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 12, September 2002 [81kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 11, April 2002 [136kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 10, December 2001 [88kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 9, July 2001 [90kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 8, February 2001 [125kb]
- SMR02 review 2000 [39kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 7, November 2000 [101kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 6, June 2000 [61kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 5, January 2000 [91kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 4, September 1999 [44kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 3, June 1999 [51kb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 2, January 1999 [47kb]
- Coding Quarterly No. 7, September 1998 [14kb]
- Coding Quarterly No. 6, April 1998 [66kb]
- Coding Quarterly No. 5, January 1998 [23kb]
- Coding Quarterly No. 4, September 1997 [110kb]
- Coding Quarterly No. 3, May 1997 [135kb]
- Coding Quarterly No. 2, February 1997 [131kb]
- Coding Quarterly No. 1, November 1996 [2.8Mb]
- Coding Guidelines No. 1, May 1996 [27kb]
