Overview
The nature of the ambiguity will determine the steps to follow when inactivating an ambiguous concept. Follow the links below to see the steps relevant for the concept in focus.
The concept in focus may have:
General Process
Ambiguous FSN
Simple Ambiguity
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| size | 1200 |
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| name | Inactivation of Ambiguous concepts |
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| pagePin | 17 |
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| name | Ambiguous Meaning |
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| pagePin | 20 |
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| ambJustification |
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| ambJustification |
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| Info |
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| title | Ambiguous concepts with a single target |
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A single target may be justified in the following situations: If one of the meanings of the ambiguous concept is not clinically useful The FSN represents a classification concept, such as ‘other’, ‘NOS’
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Classification Extension included in the FSN, such as OS, NOS, NEC, and other
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| size | 1200 |
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| name | Ambiguity arising from classification concepts |
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| pagePin | 16 |
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| Info |
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| title | Common classification phrases |
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<insert a description of the common classification phrases> OS, NOS, NEC, other |
Ambiguity between synonyms and FSN
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| size | 1200 |
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| name | Ambiguity between synonyms and FSN |
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| pagePin | 8 |
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Misalignment between FSN and Definition
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| name | Misalignment between FSN and Definition |
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| pagePin | 17 |
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Resolving Subtypes
- if all subtypes are sufficiently defined the only thing that needs going after inactivating the supertype is to reclassify
- primitive subtypes should be manually assigned to a supertype if they can't be remodelled and made sufficiently defined