EN ISO 11073-10102:2014

• Abstract:

  ISO/IEEE 11073-10102:2014 extends the IEEE 11073-10101 Nomenclature by providing support for ECG annotation terminology. It may be used either in conjunction with other IEEE 11073 standards (e.g. ISO/IEEE 11073-10201:2001) or independently with other standards. The major subject areas addressed by the nomenclature include ECG beat annotations, wave component annotations, rhythm annotations, and noise annotations. Additional "global" and "per-lead" numeric observation identifiers, ECG lead systems, and additional ECG lead identifiers also are defined.

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 04-Mar-2014
• Withdrawal Date: 29-Sep-2014
• ICS: 11.040.55 - Diagnostic equipment
• ICS: 35.240.80 - IT applications in health care technology
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 251 - Medical informatics
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 251/WG 2 - Terminology and knowledge representation
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 05-Mar-2014
• Completion Date: 05-Mar-2014
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 11073-10102:2014 - Health informatics - Point-of-care medical device communication - Part 10102: Nomenclature: Annotated ECG (ISO 11073-10102:2014)

• Refers: ISO/IEEE 11073-10101:2004 - Health informatics — Point-of-care medical device communication — Part 10101: Nomenclature
• Effective Date: 25-Aug-2026
• Consolidated By: ISO/IEEE 11073-10102:2014 - Health informatics — Point-of-care medical device communication — Part 10102: Nomenclature — Annotated ECG
• Effective Date: 12-Feb-2026

Overview

EN ISO 11073-10102:2014 (ISO/IEEE 11073-10102:2014) defines a standardized nomenclature for annotated ECG used in point-of-care medical device communication. Building on the base IEEE 11073-10101 nomenclature, this part extends terminology and coding to cover annotated electrocardiogram (ECG) information. It can be applied together with other IEEE/ISO 11073 standards (for example ISO/IEEE 11073-10201) or independently to enable consistent exchange of ECG annotations between devices, clinical systems, and remote monitoring services.

Key Topics and Technical Requirements

• Standardized annotation terminology: Provides agreed codes and terms for ECG annotations to describe beats, wave components, rhythms, and noise.
• ECG beat annotations: Terms for identifying and classifying individual cardiac beats (including arrhythmic and paced beats).
• Wave component annotations: Codes for waveform features (e.g., P, QRS, T components) and associated observations.
• Rhythm annotations: Standard labels for sustained and transient cardiac rhythms and rhythm changes.
• Noise and artifact annotations: Vocabulary to indicate signal quality issues and environmental or motion artifacts.
• Numeric observation identifiers: Defines additional global and per-lead numeric identifiers to tag measurements consistently across systems.
• ECG lead systems and identifiers: Specifies supported lead systems and extra lead identifiers to describe multi-lead configurations.
• Interoperability focus: Designed to integrate with other ISO/IEEE 11073 parts (device specializations, transport and encoding profiles) to support reliable device-to-system communication.

Note: The standard provides nomenclature and identification rules, not implementation code or signal processing algorithms.

Applications and Who Uses It

• Medical device manufacturers (ECG monitors, bedside/portable ECGs, Holter, telemetry units, pacemakers) for consistent annotation output.
• Health IT and EHR vendors to ingest, store, and display annotated ECG data in a standardized way.
• Clinical interoperability architects and integrators implementing point-of-care medical device communication.
• Telemedicine and remote/home monitoring providers to exchange annotated ECGs between patients and clinicians.
• Regulatory and standards teams seeking harmonized terminology for device submissions, testing, and certification.
• Clinical researchers and data scientists aggregating multi-source ECG data for analysis or machine learning.

Practical uses include consistent arrhythmia reporting, automated alarm correlation, signal quality tagging, and multichannel lead mapping across systems.

Related Standards (if applicable)

• ISO/IEEE 11073-10101 - Base Nomenclature (foundation for this part)
• ISO/IEEE 11073-10201 - Domain Information Model
• ISO/IEEE 11073-10404 - Device Specialization: Basic Electrocardiograph
• ISO/IEEE 11073-91064 - Computer-assisted electrocardiography
• ISO/IEEE 11073-92001 - Medical waveform encoding rules

Keywords: annotated ECG, ECG annotations, ECG leads, arrhythmia coding, medical device communication, IEEE 11073, point-of-care interoperability, ECG nomenclature, remote monitoring.