Guidance
Status codes for NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme
Codes for screening laboratories and child health records departments to record outcomes of NBS screening.
Applies to England
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The codes and sub codes for all conditions screened for by the NBS screening programme to record the screening test outcomes.
Updates to this page
Published 1 April 2013
Last updated 15 April 2026
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Added comment on HT1 to sub code 0911.
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Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.
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Two new codes added to the existing list, plus some additional comments. Codes now presented in HTML format, with the old PDF removed.
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First published.