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Data Dictionary For Care (DD4C): GDPR information
Summary
Why and how we process your data in the Data Dictionary For Care (DD4C): GDPR information and your rights.
| Controller | NHS Digital |
| How we use the information (processing activities) | Maintenance and updating a list of approved clinical coders and auditors. |
| Does this contain sensitive (special category) data such as health information? | No |
| Who are recipients of this data? |
None |
| Is data transferred outside the UK? | No |
| How long the data is kept | 1 Year minimum after no longer required |
| Our lawful basis for holding this data | Public task |
| Your rights |
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| How can you withdraw your consent? |
Consent not the basis for processing |
| Is the data subject to decisions made solely by computers? (automated decision making) | No |
| Where does this data come from? | Data subject |
| The legal basis for collecting this data | Public Task and Health and Social Care Act – General powers |
Where we use this data
Terminology and Classifications
National standards for recording and categorising information to support care delivery, statistical analysis, research and the reimbursement of health and care providers. Sub-services include OPCS Classification of Interventions and Procedures (OPCS-4), International Classification of Diseases (ICD), SNOMED CT, dictionary of medicines and devices (dm+d) and the National Interim Clinical Imaging Procedure (NICIP) code set.