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: Nutrition Care Process Terminology

Active as of 2026-08-27

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    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: NamingSystem NCPT</b></p><a name="NCPT"> </a><a name="hcNCPT"> </a><h3>Summary</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td>Defining URL</td><td>http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/NCPT</td></tr><tr><td>Version</td><td>20260827</td></tr><tr><td>Name</td><td>NCPT</td></tr><tr><td>Title</td><td>Nutrition Care Process Terminology</td></tr><tr><td>Status</td><td>active</td></tr><tr><td>Definition</td><td><div><p>NCPT is a standardized terminology that supports the Nutrition Care Process (NCP), a systematic approach used by registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) and nutrition and dietetics technicians, registered (NDTRs) to provide nutrition care. NCPT is organized around the four steps of the NCP; Nutrition Assessment, Nutrition Diagnosis, Nutrition Intervention, and Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation, and provides standardized terms and a hierarchy to document nutrition care consistently in electronic health records.</p>
<p>NCPT is maintained by the Academy's NCPT Committee and is mapped to SNOMED CT and LOINC to support interoperable, coded documentation of nutrition care.</p>
<p>NCPT is published and made accessible to subscribers through the Academy's electronic Nutrition Care Process Terminology (eNCPT) platform at <a href="https://www.ncpro.org/">ncpro.org</a>. eNCPT is the access/delivery platform for NCPT, not a separate terminology.</p>
<p>For more information, see <a href="https://www.eatrightpro.org/practice/nutrition-care-process/ncp-terminology">https://www.eatrightpro.org/practice/nutrition-care-process/ncp-terminology</a></p>
</div></td></tr><tr><td>Publisher</td><td>Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (published via the electronic Nutrition Care Process Terminology (eNCPT) subscription platform)</td></tr><tr><td>Copyright</td><td><div><p>The Nutrition Care Process Terminology (NCPT) is strictly protected by copyright owned by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.</p>
<p>NCPT is distributed under a paid subscription through the <a href="https://www.ncpro.org/">eNCPT</a>. Use of NCPT content beyond reference/citation purposes requires a license from the Academy.</p>
</div></td></tr></table><h3>Identifiers</h3><table class="grid"><tr><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Value</b></td><td><b>Preferred</b></td><td><b>Comment</b></td></tr><tr><td>URI</td><td>https://www.eatrightpro.org/practice/nutrition-care-process/ncp-terminology</td><td>true</td><td>This is the official URI endorsed by the TSMG for use in HL7 standards.</td></tr><tr><td>OID</td><td>2.16.840.1.113883.3.6308.1.1</td><td>true</td><td>This is the official OID endorsed by the TSMG for use in HL7 standards.</td></tr></table></div>
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  <version value="20260827"/>
  <name value="NCPT"/>
  <title value="Nutrition Care Process Terminology"/>
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  <date value="2026-08-27T00:00:00-00:00"/>
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             value="Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (published via the electronic Nutrition Care Process Terminology (eNCPT) subscription platform)"/>
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          value="Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics ; 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190, Chicago, IL 60606-6995, USA"/>
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      <value value="https://www.eatright.org"/>
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               value="Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Nutrition Care Process Terminology (NCPT) Committee"/>
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               value="NCPT is a standardized terminology that supports the Nutrition Care Process (NCP), a systematic approach used by registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) and nutrition and dietetics technicians, registered (NDTRs) to provide nutrition care. NCPT is organized around the four steps of the NCP; Nutrition Assessment, Nutrition Diagnosis, Nutrition Intervention, and Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation, and provides standardized terms and a hierarchy to document nutrition care consistently in electronic health records.

NCPT is maintained by the Academy's NCPT Committee and is mapped to SNOMED CT and LOINC to support interoperable, coded documentation of nutrition care. 

NCPT is published and made accessible to subscribers through the Academy's electronic Nutrition Care Process Terminology (eNCPT) platform at [ncpro.org](https://www.ncpro.org/). eNCPT is the access/delivery platform for NCPT, not a separate terminology.

For more information, see [https://www.eatrightpro.org/practice/nutrition-care-process/ncp-terminology](https://www.eatrightpro.org/practice/nutrition-care-process/ncp-terminology)"/>
  <copyright
             value="The Nutrition Care Process Terminology (NCPT) is strictly protected by copyright owned by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

NCPT is distributed under a paid subscription through the [eNCPT](https://www.ncpro.org/). Use of NCPT content beyond reference/citation purposes requires a license from the Academy."/>
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