Behandlingstype

Behandlingstype is a term used in healthcare informatics to describe the category of an intervention used to treat a patient. It provides a structured label for the kind of treatment delivered or planned, enabling consistent documentation, reporting, and analysis across care settings. Behandlingstype helps clinicians, researchers, and administrators understand and compare approaches to care.

Common behandlingstyper include pharmacological therapy, surgical procedures, non-surgical procedures, physical therapy and rehabilitation, psychotherapy and other mental health interventions, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, lifestyle modification and education, and palliative or supportive care. The level of specificity can vary from broad categories to detailed procedure codes, depending on the coding system and medical context.

In practice, behandlingstype is often mapped to standardized vocabularies such as SNOMED CT, ICD-10-PCS, or national coding schemes. Data exchange and interoperability are supported by health information standards like FHIR, which define how treatment type information is encoded and transmitted in electronic health records.

Behandlingstype serves planning, documentation, billing, and research needs, and supports quality measurement by enabling comparisons of outcomes by treatment modality. Accurate classification requires careful consideration of context, dosages for pharmacologic therapies, and the distinction between curative, palliative, preventive, and rehabilitative aims. See also: treatment, therapy, medical procedure, intervention.