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Contents
SNOMED CT Introduction
Concept Model Overview
Authoring
- Scope
- General Naming Conventions
- General Modeling
- Domain Specific Modeling
- Body Structure
- Clinical Finding and Disorder
- Environment and Geographical Location
- Event
- Observable Entity
- Organism
- Pharmaceutical and Biologic Product
- Physical Force
- Physical Object
- Procedure
- Qualifier Value
- Record Artifact
- Situation with Explicit Context
- SNOMED CT Model Component
- Social Context
- Special Concept
- Specimen
- Staging and Scales
- Substance
Editorial Guide Style and Terms
PDFs for Download
Feedback
Overview
Content Tools
Apps