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- To mark existing code value entries as no longer active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
