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SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms) - INI

SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms) is the world's most comprehensive multilingual clinical healthcare terminology, a systematically organized collection of medical terms for standardizing, capturing, storing, and exchanging clinical information in electronic health records. Originally developed by the College of American Pathologists in the 1960s, it was created in 1999 through the merger of SNOMED RT and the UK's NHS CTV3. Currently managed by SNOMED International, it contains over 350,000 active concepts with millions of relationships and has been translated into more than 20 languages. With its hierarchical structure of 19 top-level hierarchies, it contributes to standardization of clinical records, decision support, data analysis, and improved interoperability.

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[item.clinical-finding]
code=1
slug=clinical-finding
name=Clinical finding
description=Results of clinical observation, assessment or judgment.

[item.procedure]
code=2
slug=procedure
name=Procedure
description=Activities performed in the provision of health care.

[item.observable-entity]
code=3
slug=observable-entity
name=Observable entity
description=Questions or assessments that can produce answers or results.

[item.body-structure]
code=4
slug=body-structure
name=Body structure
description=Normal and abnormal anatomical structures.

[item.organism]
code=5
slug=organism
name=Organism
description=Organisms of significance in human and animal medicine.

[item.substance]
code=6
slug=substance
name=Substance
description=General substances, chemical constituents, body substances.

[item.pharmaceutical-biologic-product]
code=7
slug=pharmaceutical-biologic-product
name=Pharmaceutical/biologic product
description=Medications and biological products.

[item.specimen]
code=8
slug=specimen
name=Specimen
description=Materials collected for examination.

[item.physical-object]
code=9
slug=physical-object
name=Physical object
description=Medical devices, implants, and other physical objects.

[item.physical-force]
code=10
slug=physical-force
name=Physical force
description=Energy and forces.

[item.event]
code=11
slug=event
name=Event
description=Incidents and situations that occur.

[item.environment-geographical-location]
code=12
slug=environment-geographical-location
name=Environment or geographical location
description=Locations, environments, and geographical places.

[item.social-context]
code=13
slug=social-context
name=Social context
description=Social circumstances and contexts.

[item.situation-with-explicit-context]
code=14
slug=situation-with-explicit-context
name=Situation with explicit context
description=Concepts where clinical context is specified.

[item.staging-and-scales]
code=15
slug=staging-and-scales
name=Staging and scales
description=Classification systems and assessment scales.

[item.qualifier-value]
code=16
slug=qualifier-value
name=Qualifier value
description=Modifying terms used to qualify other concepts.

[item.record-artifact]
code=17
slug=record-artifact
name=Record artifact
description=Document types and record-related concepts.

[item.special-concept]
code=18
slug=special-concept
name=Special concept
description=Metadata and navigation concepts.

[item.linkage-concept]
code=19
slug=linkage-concept
name=Linkage concept
description=Concepts used for mapping to other coding systems.