Abstract
SNOMED CT is a comprehensive multilingual clinical terminology used in electronic health records and interoperability. Its components are concepts (codes), descriptions (terms) and relationships. Concepts are organized into hierarchies. SNOMED CT expressions are either a single concept (pre-coordinated) or more complex post-coordinated expressions using compositional grammar. Reference sets are used to provide subsets of the whole terminology for specific purposes.
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Benson, T., Grieve, G. (2016). SNOMED CT. In: Principles of Health Interoperability. Health Information Technology Standards. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30370-3_9
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