Sometimes when people view their medical records they see things recorded in ways that they don’t understand or in which don’t fully detail the medical problems that they have or have had. There are a number of reasons that may account for this:
- It may not be possible to record specific details due to the design of the NHS system used to “code” medical information. Much of the information in medical records is recorded using medical coding language.
- Medical terminology does not always have exactly the same meaning as when the words are used in day-to-day conversation.
- It may have been incorrectly recorded or dated. If you are viewing your medical records and something is clearly wrong, let us know to enable us to correct it.