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• SNOMED CT meaning bindings associate a meaning, represented by a 

  Gloss
  t concept

  , 

  Gloss
  t expression

   or

  Gloss
  t expression template

  , with a data item (or a collection of data items) defined by an information model.  

• The meaning represented by an instance of a data item with a meaning binding is determined by applying the meaning bindingto the value in that instance. 

• The meaning represented by an instance of a defined collection of data items with a meaning binding is determined by applying the meaning binding to the values in that instance. 

Example

• An application that manages surgical procedure requests could identify requested procedures using concepts that are subtypes of 

  Concept
  t 387713003 Surgical procedure

  . In this case, the data item in which that concept is recorded should have a meaning binding that explicitly indicates that this is a request (e.g. the expression template below). When this meaning binding is applied this data item is interpreted as a subtype of 

  Concept
  t 400999005 Procedure requested (situation)

   and not as a completed procedure.

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