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SNOMED CT concepts are related to one another within a subtype hierarchy. At the top of this hierarchy are general concepts referred to as top-level concepts. Clinically relevant concepts in SNOMED CT fall under one of the hierarchies shown in 

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Clinically Relevant SNOMED CT Hierarchies

Concept
t404684003 |Clinical finding| 71388002 |Procedure| 363787002 |Observable entity| 410607006 |Organism| 123037004 |Body structure| 373873005 |Pharmaceutical / biologic product|

Concept
t123038009 |Specimen| 105590001 |Substance| 260787004 |Physical object| 78621006 |Physical force| 362981000 |Qualifier value| 243796009 |Situation with explicit context|

Concept
t419891008 |Record artifact| 272379006 |Event| 254291000 |Staging and scales| 48176007 |Social context| 308916002 |Environment or geographical location|

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