A containing two or more that represent an idea.
The in a postcoordinated expression relate to one another in ways that build more specific clinical ideas. The required meaning is expressed by combining several clinical ideas, each of which is represented by an identified concept.
The syntax used to represent SNOMED CT expressions is called the and is formally defined in the Compositional Grammar - Specification and Guide.
The concept can be refined using the attribute , and the body structure concept to create the following postcoordinated expression:
125605004 |fracture of bone|:363698007 |finding site| = 71341001 |bone structure of femur| |