Easy Read Code 2025
Database Status:
Injury date
unfit for work for 3 day(s)
until (inclusive of injury date):
Tuesday 13/01/2026
| Diagnosis | SNOMED-CT | Read Code |
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Disclaimer and Copyright
Easy READ Code is an informational tool developed exclusively for use by healthcare professionals in New Zealand, designed to provide streamlined access to essential clinical terminology systems, including the READ code system and SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT). The READ code data, sourced from the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) website, is licensed under the Open Government Licence, which allows public use and redistribution. In contrast, SNOMED CT, owned and managed by SNOMED International, is available to New Zealand healthcare professionals without licensing fees due to the country’s membership in SNOMED International.
The data and content provided through Easy READ Code are intended solely for informational and clinical reference purposes. Although we strive to ensure accuracy, completeness, and currency, Easy READ Code and its content providers make no warranties, express or implied, about the reliability or suitability of the information provided. Users are solely responsible for verifying the information and ensuring its proper application in accordance with their professional standards and clinical judgment. Easy READ Code disclaims any and all liability, damages, or losses arising from the use, misuse, or interpretation of information provided on this platform.
All content on this website is protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws. Users may access and use the content for clinical and educational purposes within the bounds of applicable licensing agreements. Unauthorized copying, distribution, or modification of any materials on this website, unless otherwise permitted under the Open Government Licence for READ codes, is strictly prohibited. Easy READ Code reserves the right to update or modify the content and terms of use at its discretion. Users should periodically review these terms to ensure continued compliance with any updates or changes.
What's New?
Easy Read Code began as a small side project in 2017, when I was a PGY1 in Tairāwhiti (Gisborne Hospital). At the time, finding the correct Read code for ACC forms meant scrolling through a massive spreadsheet -- slow, inefficient, and interrupting clinical workflow. To solve that, I built a lightweight search tool to speed up my own documentation.
Since then, the site has quietly grown and is now used by over 4,000 healthcare professionals and over 10,000 visits every month across New Zealand (as of October 2025). It remains completely free to use, and I continue to update it in my own time. My long-term hope is that tools like this will one day become unnecessary once ACC claim data entry is properly integrated into clinical software. Until then, this page will stay online and maintained.
Over the years, many colleagues have sent feedback, suggestions, and kind messages of appreciation -- these have helped shape the tool more than any formal specification ever could.
Thank you to everyone who has sent me suggestions and feedback.
Changelog
2025-11-01
- Special thanks to STONZ for their generous sponsorship, which enables this project to remain free and ad-free for all healthcare professionals.
- The website will now be ads free.
2025-10-18
- Updated SNOMED CT to Read code translation to the 16 May 2025 ACC release.
- Injury of tooth shows up in "head injury" query due to an error in the ACC translation table since 2022.
- Thanks to Dr Rebecca Wire for notifying me of the error.
2024-12-26
- SNOMED translation table from ACC is now also integrated as part of the search results.
- Thank you Alastair Kenworthy from Health New Zealand for the suggestion.
2024-12-23
- "Unfit for work" date calculation is now inclusive of injury date.
- Thank you Dr Dominic Monaghan from Hutt Valley for the suggestion.
2019-05-22
- Complete rewrite of the frontend codebase from JavaScript to Elm for improved reliability and maintainability.
- Bootstrap 3, although deprecated, was kept for compatibility with IE11, which was still used in many hospitals.
2018-03-23
- Initial public release of readcode.tubo.nz.