Clinical Terms Version 3 (Read Codes)

Read Codes are a coded thesaurus of clinical terms and have been used in the NHS since 1985. There are two versions: version 2 (v2) and version 3 (CTV3 or v3), they provide the standard vocabulary by which clinicians can record patient findings and procedures in health and social care IT systems across primary and secondary care e.g. General Practice surgeries and pathology reporting of results.

Read代码（Read Codes）是一套临床术语编码词库，自1985年起便应用于英国国民保健署（NHS）体系。该词库包含两个版本：版本2（v2）与版本3（CTV3或称v3），其提供了标准化术语体系，供临床医护人员在基层与二级医疗的医疗及社会照护信息系统中记录患者的就诊发现与诊疗操作，应用场景包括全科诊所与病理检验结果报告等。