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Produced by NHS Connecting for Health in close collaboration with Department of Health (DH) and Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), these publications are essential tools for those involved in "clinical coding" of NHD interventions and procedures. They revise and update OPCS 4 material to meet the needs of Government health policy for the better recording of clinical intervention independent of setting and description of patient care. Enhancements will ensure provision of improved clinical information meeting the needs of the Government reform of NHS funding known as "Payment by Results" (PbR)