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Representing language, dialect or specialty-specific term preferences is possible using a SNOMED CT extension. The logical design of SNOMED CT enables a single clinical idea to be associated with a range of terms or phrases from various languages, as depicted in
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SNOMED CT allows a single clinical idea to be associated with a range of terms from various languages |
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Information on translating SNOMED CT can be found via the SNOMED International website, see translationinfo https://www.snomed.org/use-snomed-ct. |
Key Steps
In section section 5 Key Steps we explain the full set of steps for producing any extension. However, not all of these steps are required for all purposes. If producing an extension for the purpose of adding terms in languages and dialects, the following key steps are of particular relevance:
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