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Find the Fully Specified Name (FSN) and/or Preferred Term (PT) for a concept given its SNOMED CT Identifier (SCTID).
Prerequisite steps: Browse SNOMED CT International Edition concepts
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From the SNOMED CT Browser Full perspective, Search tab context, enter the SCTID into the | |
As shown in the example hint above the Whilst updating, the guide text "Searching..." will appear briefly below the | |
Search results matching the entered number will be presented below the Search... query box. The number of matches and response time are displayed above the results list. The results will not match an SCTID until a valid SCTID number is entered as the query, however other numbers entered may be matched against numeric content in the concept terms. | |
Each result row represents a SNOMED CT concept matching the search query, with a Definition Status icon followed by all term matches (FSN, Preferred Term, and synonyms) in the first results column; the second column shows the concept FSN. When the entered query is a valid SCTID a single exact match will be returned. All terms are matched A result entry is generated for all pattern matches to the search query in a concept's lexical model descriptions, regardless of type, so the label in the first column may also be an FSN as well as the Preferred Term and other active synonyms. The second column is always the FSN of the matched concept. | |
Press any of the row elements (icon or text) to focus on that concept and present it in the right hand Concept Details panel, open to the Alternatively, the screen cursor can be used - click within a row to highlight it, then drag the highlighted into the right hand Concept Details panel, to replace its current focus concept with the row concept. | |
Press the | |
For each language reference set: The concept Preferred Term is indicated by an "S" (for Synonym) followed by in the Term column, and also the word "Preferred" in the Acceptability column. |