Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)

The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme National Specialty Report into Hospital Dentistry highlighted variation in coding activity within all dental specialties including Oral Surgery.  This meant that what was being recorded was not comparable between and within different departments and NHS Trusts, leading to a lack of meaningful information on clinical activity.

Click on the thumbnail of the document below which clarifies what each code means and when it should be used.

We hope you find this guide useful and that it stimulates discussion on capturing accurate data and auditing activity, as well as providing evidence to use in discussions with trusts and commissioners.

Other Hospital Dentistry booklets for different specialities  have been published and they can be found using these links:

On the GIRFT website Hospital Dentistry scroll down to ‘Clinical Coding Academy Resources’.
On Future NHS Hospital Dentistry outpatient activity coding.