The standardization of clinical laboratory information is an important part of standardization of medical infor-mation,and the critical means to realize this standardiaztion is to classify and code the clinical laboratory items.Earlier work has been done mainly in the United States,Europe and Japan.However,it develops later in China.Although we have had our standard,there are still some problems to be resolved.In this article,we retrospectively reviewed and compared the main contents,coding methods,standard form and applications,etc.in the above countries and regions,providing some ideas for improving the standardization of clinical laboratory information in China.[