A subtype of PERSON PROPERTY.

Diagnostic observations recorded about a PATIENT.

Note:

• A PATIENT DIAGNOSIS should be classified, where possible, using International Classification of Diseases (ICD) or other classification codes approved centrally for mapping to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes.
• Read Coded Clinical Terms or SNOMED CT can be used in addition to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes for PATIENT DIAGNOSIS. However Read Coded Clinical Terms are not accepted for the purposes of central Hospital Episode Statistics data, where International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is mandatory.

This class is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	PATIENT DIAGNOSES