A concept that is directly related to the root concept by a subtype relationship.
Notes
- All other concepts are subtype descendants of at least one top level concept.
Examples
- The list below shows the top level concept in the 2019-01-31 SNOMED CT International Release.
138875005 |SNOMED CT Concept| ⬅︎ The root concept
123037004 |Body structure|
404684003 |Clinical finding|
308916002 |Environment or geographical location|
272379006 |Event|
363787002 |Observable entity|
410607006 |Organism|
373873005 |Pharmaceutical / biologic product|
78621006 |Physical force|
260787004 |Physical object|
71388002 |Procedure|
362981000 |Qualifier value|
419891008 |Record artifact|
243796009 |Situation with explicit context|
48176007 |Social context|
370115009 |Special concept|
123038009 |Specimen|
254291000 |Staging and scales|
105590001 |Substance|
900000000000441003 |SNOMED CT Model Component|
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