Introduction

SNOMED International has initiated a project to create content which will support both frontline clinicians, and the use of the recorded data for analytic purposes by genomic researchers and other healthcare organisations. SNOMED CT currently has a large number of clinical phenotype concepts in the international release and is looking to expand the coverage by the addition of new concepts.

By expanding the coverage of clinical phenotype concepts in SNOMED CT , this will enable

• Clinicians to better use SNOMED CT for recording phenotypic data at the point of care in their EMRs
• Improved support for clinical decision support capability using a standard terminology
• Enhanced reuse of coded data and increased support for data analytics

The concepts added as part of the project have been fully modelled, where the SNOMED CT Concept model permits, to allow full support for future data analytics use.

Usage Guidance

Content is at the early development stage and is only available for feedback. It is not suitable for production until the formal release.