SNOMED CT Concept Types

Concept Type Semantic Tag SNOMED Concept Type Level
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1 Diagnosis Disorder
2 Symptom or examination finding Finding
3 Patient circumstance Situation
4 Observable Observable entity
5 Procedure Procedure
6 Abnormal anatomy Morphologic abnormality
7 Assessment scale Assessment Scale
8 Event affecting patient Event
9 Specimen Specimen
10 Tumour staging Tumour staging
11 Staging scale Staging scale
12 Occupation Occupation
13 Personal status Person
14 Religion Religion/philosophy
15 Navigational concept Navigational concept
16 Location of care or event Environment
17 Racial group Racial group
18 Ethnic group Ethnic group
19 Lifestyle Lifestyle
20 Social status Social Concept
21 Anatomy Body Structure
22 Qualifier Qualifier
23 Record type Record artefact
24 Substance Substance
25 Physical object Physical object
26 Regime or therapy Regime/Therapy
27 Family history Family history
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