Outdated Concept | REPLACED_BY association reference set (foundation metadata concept) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_ |
BY association reference set (foundation metadata concept) |
Additional notes:
Examples:
Semantic meaning the same but FSN different:
235998001 Perinephric abscess (disorder) - inactivated
SAME_AS
80640009 Perirenal abscess (disorder)
Both concepts had an effective date of 2002-01-31 and so the decision was based on current clinical usage and the retained concept already had a synonym of Perinephric abscess.
Identical FSN but different semantic tag:
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The inactivation reason “Outdated Concept” explicitly states that the inactivated concept (A) is an outdated concept that is no longer considered to be clinically acceptable or semantically interoperable internationally. It is possible that the original meaning of the outdated concept could be “REPLACED_BY” concept (B) that is semantically similar to or more general than the inactivated concept for the purposes of data healing and analysis of historical data. However, in some circumstances, there will be no suitable replacement concept and therefore no historical association is provided. | ||
| Annotation | Provide evidence/reference that the concept is outdated | |
| Dropdown list (Where no replacement is appropriate) | No suitable replacement concept identified |
Additional notes:
- Careful research is needed to clearly differentiate between a true duplicate, where there is semantic equivalence between the two concepts, and where there is a true evolution in the understanding of the concept, and therefore, an evolution in the meaning, that warrants a more appropriate “REPLACED_BY” target concept.
- Where there has been an update to a disorder classification, a substance or organism originally believed to be a single entity has, following further study been reclassified as 2 or more substances or organisms then one would use Outdated Concept with a historical association to 2 or more POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY targe concepts.
- It is also possible that outdated clinical concepts simply fall into disuse without any appropriate replacement, and therefore no historical association should be provided.
- Simple renaming of drugs or organisms where the meaning is unchanged should be dealt with by updating the FSN only using ‘Outdated component’ as the association type on the inactivated FSN description.
Examples:
Reclassification following phylogenetic analysis:
114457004 |Klebsiella ornithinolytica (organism)|
REPLACED_BY
416832000 |Raoultella ornithinolytica (organism)|
An operative procedure that is no longer considered clinically acceptable:
58337008 |Transorbital leukotomy (procedure)|
REPLACED_BY
No suitable replacement concept identified
Also known as “Ice pick lobotomy”, as this was the instrument used, last performed by Dr Freeman in 1967.
Managing incoming historical associations:
The intention is that this functionality will be seamlessly integrated into the tooling so as to present to the user the appropriate updated historically association to be allocated.
REPLACED_BY
(A) REPLACED_BY (B) and (B) SAME_AS (C) implies (A) REPLACED_BY (C)
(A) REPLACED_BY (B) and (B) REPLACED_BY (C) implies (A) REPLACED_BY (C)
(AIntEd) REPLACED_BY (BIntEd) and (BIntEd) MOVED_TO (CNRC) implies (AIntEd) MOVED_TO (CNRC)
(A) REPLACED_BY (B) and (B) POSSIBLY_EQUIVALENT_TO (C, D) implies (A) POSSIBLY_EQUIVALENT_TO (C, D)
(A) REPLACED_BY (B) and (B) WAS_A (C AND D) implies (A) WAS_A (C AND D)
POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY
(A) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (B OR C) and (B) SAME_AS (D) implies (A) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (C OR D)
(A) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (B OR C) and (B) REPLACED_BY (D) implies (A) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (C OR D)
(AIntEd) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (BIntEd OR CIntEd) and (BIntEd) MOVED_TO (DNRC) implies (AIntEd) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (CIntEd)
(A) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (B OR C) and (B) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (D OR E) implies (A) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (C OR D OR E)
(A) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (B OR C) and (B) POSSIBLY_EQUIVALENT_TO (D OR E) implies (A) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (C OR D OR E)
(A) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (B OR C) and (B) WAS_A (D AND E) implies ((A) POSSIBLY_REPLACED_BY (C) OR (A) WAS_A (D AND E))
Note: Once MOVED_TO the NRC we (SNOMED International) have no knowledge of what has happened to BIntEdBIntEd