Overview
The National Terminology Mapping Library is an Australian Digital Health Agency initiative supporting healthcare interoperability across Australia. It provides access to a curated set of clinically safe, well-maintained, and nationally relevant terminology maps. These maps assist software developers, clinicians, researchers, and vendors by enabling translation between different clinical coding systems, reducing duplication of effort, and supporting consistency in digital health delivery.
Purpose
Established under Action 2.11 of the National Healthcare Interoperability Plan, the Library’s purpose is to provide a national resource that facilitates translation between various health classification and terminology standards. These maps support seamless data sharing, enhance data quality, and reduce implementation time for new digital health solutions.
What the Library Offers
Access to high-value, validated mapping tables
Support for multiple classification systems
Metadata for each map including access, maintenance frequency, directionality, licensing and hyperlinks
Alignment with ISO 21564 MapQual quality framework
A single, discoverable point of truth to promote reuse and reduce duplication
Who Should Use It
Clinical system vendors seeking standard code translations
Healthcare service providers needing to meet national reporting requirements
Policy analysts and researchers requiring data harmonisation
Developers implementing software requiring clinical data mapping
Access
The library is hosted on the Agency’s Standards Catalogue and includes both open-access and licensed maps. Metadata for each map includes access information and usage restrictions, where applicable.