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The Clinical Coding and Schedule Development Group develops and maintains procedural and diagnostics nomenclature for private payers in England. In November new codes for reconstruction of breast, open adnexectomy, transoral laser microsurgery and surgical correction of hallux valgus were added to the CCSD Schedule.

A wireless sensor that better detects signs of sepsis in hospital patients, an app to help pregnant women monitor hypertension, and another that directs patients with minor injuries to treatment units with the shortest queues, are among the latest devices and technologies selected to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA).

NICE recommends new tests to help diagnose asthma and a change in how medicines are offered.

In the second half of November, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published two new interventional procedures guidance (for hypoglossal nerve stimulation for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea and processed nerve allografts to repair peripheral nerve discontinuities).

NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK have teamed up with leading companies from the tech sector to fight against obesity and Type 2 diabetes using innovative digital products.

In the first half of November, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published two new interventional procedures guidance (for total distal radioulnar joint replacement in symptomatic joint instability or arthritis and extracranial to intracranial bypass in intracranial atherosclerosis), one new diagnostics guidance for tests to identify people at high risk of ovarian cancer and four new Medtech innovation briefings.

The Clinical Coding and Schedule Development Group develops and maintains procedural and diagnostics nomenclature for private payers in England. New codes were added for trans-oral robotic surgery and joint replacement surgery.

The Clinical Coding and Schedule Development Group develops and maintains procedural and diagnostics nomenclature for private payers in England. New codes were added for nitrogen washout test for lung capacity and fractional flow reserve CT measurement.

In the second half of October, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published two new clinical guidelines (for cataracts in adults and cystic fibrosis), and published two new Medtech innovation briefings for radiation dose monitoring software for medical imaging with ionising radiation and Promonitor for monitoring response to biologics in rheumatoid arthritis.

In the first half of October, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published one new Technology appraisal guidance (for autologous chondrocyte implantation for treating symptomatic articular cartilage defects of the knee) and four new Medtech innovation briefings for PleuraFlow Active Clearance Technology for maintaining chest tube patency, Mepilex Border dressings for preventing pressure ulcers, Thora-3Di for assessing asthma in children and Memokath-028, 044 and 045 stents for urethral obstruction.

The Clinical Coding and Schedule Development Group develops and maintains procedural and diagnostics nomenclature for private payers in England. New codes were added for ophthalmology, skin surgery, treatment of anal fistula.

In the second two weeks of September, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published 2 new and 3 updated clinical, four new Interventional Procedures Guidance (for intramuscular diaphragm stimulation for ventilator-dependent chronic respiratory failure caused by high spinal cord injuries and motor neurone disease, ab externo canaloplasty for primary open-angle glaucoma, high-intensity focused ultrasound for symptomatic breast fibroadenoma), and 3 Medtech innovation briefings (Farco-fill Protect, Caris Molecular Intelligence for guiding cancer treatment and Aptiva for painful diabetic neuropathy).