- Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
The Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) is a multiaxial, hierarchical classification system. As in any such system, a disease may be located in a body organ which results in a code in a topography axis and may lead to morphological alterations represented by a morphology code..
Axes
There are 11 axes. The axes and some examples are provided below:
T (Topography) --
Anatomic terms* (T-28000)
Lung
* (T-32000)Heart
* (T-51000)Mouth
* (T-D2500)Hip
* (T-D9600)Heel M (Morphology) -- Changes found in cells, tissues and organs M (Morphology) -- Changes found in 0
* (M-40000)
Inflammation
* (M-44000)Granuloma
* (M-54700)Infarcted
* (M-54701)Microscopic infarct "For the Morphology axis, SNOMED has [http://www.snomed.org/clinical/anatomic.html agreed] to use the same codes defined by
International Classification of Diseases for Oncology . Additional examples on topology are provided on that page."L (Living organisms) --
Bacteria andviruses * (L-21801)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
* (L-25116)Streptococcus pneumoniae C (Chemical) -- Drugs
* (C-C137A)
Bufferin Analgesic Tablets
* (C-C137B)Bufferin Analgesic Caplets F (Function) -- Signs and symptoms
* (F-03003)
Fever
= J (Occupation) -- Terms that describe the occupation=BUSINESSMAN
SCHOOL TEACHER
COMPUTER PROGRAMMER
DOCTOR
NURSE
BEAUTICIAND (Diagnosis) --
Diagnostic terms* (D-13510)
Pneumococcal pneumonia
* (D-14800)Tuberculosis
* (D3-15000)Myocardial infarction P (Procedure) -- Administrative, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
A (Physical agents, forces, activities) -- Devices and activities associated with the disease
S (Social context) -- Social conditions and important relationships in medicine
* (S-10120)
Mother G (General) -- Syntactic linkages and qualifiers
ee also
*
Medical classification
*SNOMED CT
*Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA)
*DOCLE External links
* [http://www.snomed.org/ Official page at snomed.org]
* [http://ontology.buffalo.edu/medo/SNOMED_Smith.html Studies of the formal structure of SNOMED CT at buffalo.edu]
* [http://terminology.vetmed.vt.edu/SCT/menu.cfm Browser at vetmed.vt.edu]
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