GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS The development of all VA/DoD guidelines is directed by the Evidence-Based Practice Guideline Work Group and adheres to the standards for trustworthy guidelines that were set by the National Academy of Medicine (6). Senior leaders within the VA and DoD selected a m...
VA uses ICD-9 (with work underway to move to ICD-10), CPT, DRG, DSM, HCPCS, CDT, NDC, LOINC and other terminologies for the coding of medical records and data fields. SNOMED for problem list is currently in beta testing with CPRS 29; full deployment will occur in 2013. This accelera...