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.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 1 April 2013
• Last updated: 15 April 2026
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  1. 15 April 2026

     Added comment on HT1 to sub code 0911.

  2. 8 October 2024

     Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  3. 4 August 2022

     Two new codes added to the existing list, plus some additional comments. Codes now presented in HTML format, with the old PDF removed.

  4. 1 April 2013

     First published.

Applies to England

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NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme status codes

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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.