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Verified medical translations between Japan and South Korea healthcare systems, covering 5 medical domains. Powered by our proprietary knowledge base verified against authoritative regulatory sources.

Verified Translations

Every mapping verified against authoritative sources

Drug Safety Alerts

Automatic warnings for medications with different regulatory status

Code System Translation

Maps between local and international coding standards


Medical Domains Covered

This corridor supports translation across the following medical specialties and document types:

EmergencyGeneralPsychiatryRadiologyVaccination

Coding Systems

TranslateMed maps between the coding systems used in each country's healthcare system:

Japan

ACR-PIRADS-v2.1
BDI-II-JP
Barthel ADL Index (Japanese elderly care)
Hasegawa Dementia Scale-Revised (Japan)
ICD-10
ICD-10 (JP)
ICD-10 (Japan/WHO)
ISBT international rare blood coordination
J-GMDN (Japan)
JP-INN
JP-SCHEDULE
JP-brand
JP-brand-PMDA
JP-shinryo-hoshu
JTAS
Japan Food Sanitation Law / NIID
Japan Health Insurance Association (Kyokai Kenpo)
Japan MoHLW / NIID guideline
Japan infection control guideline
Japanese Certified Nurse (CN) – Gerontological Nursing (日本看護協会)
Japanese H antigen testing — Ulex europaeus lectin
Japanese Long-Term Care Insurance Act – Yōkaigo-do (介護保険法)
Japanese Red Cross Society rare blood registry
Japanese antibody panel for Bombay
Japanese autologous donation hemoglobin threshold — female
Japanese blood type terminology — JRCS
Japanese frozen rare blood storage protocol
Japanese geriatric nursing terminology
Japanese molecular genetics — FUT1 gene
Japanese reverse group incompatibility finding
K6-JP
MHLW-Kampo
Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (Japan)
Mini-Mental State Examination (Japan)
Morse Fall Scale (Japanese adaptation)
NANDA-I (JP)
NIID Japan
NIID Japan infection control
NIID genotyping
PMDA Shonin approval number (Japan)
PMDA device risk classification (Japan Class IV)
感染症法 / NIID NESID

South Korea

ACR-PIRADS-v2.1
BDI-II-KR
Barthel ADL Index (Korean elderly nursing)
HIRA-Korean-Medicine
ICD-10
ICD-10 (Korea/WHO)
K6-KR
KCD
KCD-7
KDCA
KDCA / Korean Food Safety regulations
KDCA / Korean KCDC
KDCA linen decontamination
KDCA 감염병예방법
KDCA 노로바이러스 대응지침
KR-INN
KR-NIP
KR-RADIOLOGY
KR-SCHEDULE
KR-brand
KR-brand-MFDS
KR-controlled
KTAS
Korean Long-Term Care Insurance (노인장기요양보험법 – K-LTCI)
Korean MFDS (식품의약품안전처)
Korean MFDS (식품의약품안전처) device approval
Korean MFDS device risk classification
Korean National Health Insurance (국민건강보험)
Korean Nurse Practitioner (한국간호사윤리강령/간호사 자격)
Korean Red Cross H antigen testing
Korean Red Cross IRDP participation
Korean Red Cross frozen blood storage
Korean Red Cross rare blood group / ISBT terminology
Korean Red Cross rare blood management
Korean autologous blood donation criteria
Korean blood banking antibody assessment
Korean blood banking reverse grouping
Korean dementia screening tools
Korean geriatric nursing terminology
Korean molecular blood group genotyping
MMSE (Korea)
MNA-SF (Korean elderly nutrition screening)
Morse Fall Scale (Korean nursing)
NANDA-I (KR)

Why TranslateMed?

Not just language translation

We translate between healthcare systems — mapping coding standards, regulatory frameworks, and clinical practices between countries.

Verified, not hallucinated

Every translation is backed by our proprietary knowledge base, verified against authoritative regulatory sources — never AI-generated guesswork.

Drug safety awareness

Automatic alerts when medications have different regulatory status between countries — critical for patient safety.

Frequently Asked Questions

What ICD-10 codes differ between Japan and South Korea?

Japan and South Korea use different ICD-10 variants. TranslateMed maps between these variants with 99% verified accuracy across 5 medical domains.

How accurate is the JP to KR medical translation?

The JP to KR corridor achieves 99% accuracy on multiple test cases, with 100% safety alert recall.

Which medical coding systems are covered for Japan?

For Japan, TranslateMed supports ACR-PIRADS-v2.1, BDI-II-JP, Barthel ADL Index (Japanese elderly care), Hasegawa Dementia Scale-Revised (Japan), ICD-10, ICD-10 (JP), ICD-10 (Japan/WHO), ISBT international rare blood coordination, J-GMDN (Japan), JP-INN, JP-SCHEDULE, JP-brand, JP-brand-PMDA, JP-shinryo-hoshu, JTAS, Japan Food Sanitation Law / NIID, Japan Health Insurance Association (Kyokai Kenpo), Japan MoHLW / NIID guideline, Japan infection control guideline, Japanese Certified Nurse (CN) – Gerontological Nursing (日本看護協会), Japanese H antigen testing — Ulex europaeus lectin, Japanese Long-Term Care Insurance Act – Yōkaigo-do (介護保険法), Japanese Red Cross Society rare blood registry, Japanese antibody panel for Bombay, Japanese autologous donation hemoglobin threshold — female, Japanese blood type terminology — JRCS, Japanese frozen rare blood storage protocol, Japanese geriatric nursing terminology, Japanese molecular genetics — FUT1 gene, Japanese reverse group incompatibility finding, K6-JP, MHLW-Kampo, Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (Japan), Mini-Mental State Examination (Japan), Morse Fall Scale (Japanese adaptation), NANDA-I (JP), NIID Japan, NIID Japan infection control, NIID genotyping, PMDA Shonin approval number (Japan), PMDA device risk classification (Japan Class IV), 感染症法 / NIID NESID. Target systems in South Korea: ACR-PIRADS-v2.1, BDI-II-KR, Barthel ADL Index (Korean elderly nursing), HIRA-Korean-Medicine, ICD-10, ICD-10 (Korea/WHO), K6-KR, KCD, KCD-7, KDCA, KDCA / Korean Food Safety regulations, KDCA / Korean KCDC, KDCA linen decontamination, KDCA 감염병예방법, KDCA 노로바이러스 대응지침, KR-INN, KR-NIP, KR-RADIOLOGY, KR-SCHEDULE, KR-brand, KR-brand-MFDS, KR-controlled, KTAS, Korean Long-Term Care Insurance (노인장기요양보험법 – K-LTCI), Korean MFDS (식품의약품안전처), Korean MFDS (식품의약품안전처) device approval, Korean MFDS device risk classification, Korean National Health Insurance (국민건강보험), Korean Nurse Practitioner (한국간호사윤리강령/간호사 자격), Korean Red Cross H antigen testing, Korean Red Cross IRDP participation, Korean Red Cross frozen blood storage, Korean Red Cross rare blood group / ISBT terminology, Korean Red Cross rare blood management, Korean autologous blood donation criteria, Korean blood banking antibody assessment, Korean blood banking reverse grouping, Korean dementia screening tools, Korean geriatric nursing terminology, Korean molecular blood group genotyping, MMSE (Korea), MNA-SF (Korean elderly nutrition screening), Morse Fall Scale (Korean nursing), NANDA-I (KR).