Updates on status of ICD-11 and changes to other classification and terminology systems

[Hutan]

Thanks Dx Revision Watch, interesting

 

[Nightsong]

A "very severe CFS" concept has been added to the UK version of SNOMED (used in primary care settings):

NHS - SNOMED CT Browser

Very severe chronic fatigue syndrome (disorder)
SCTID: 2897971000000106

2897971000000106 | Very severe chronic fatigue syndrome (disorder) |
Very severe chronic fatigue syndrome (disorder)
Very severe chronic fatigue syndrome
Very severe ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)
Very severe myalgic encephalopathy

This was apparently at the request of MEA:

Link

 

[Arnie Pye]

What is the significance of the word "disorder" at the end of the name?

 

[Amw66]

A "very severe CFS" concept has been added to the UK version of SNOMED (used in primary care settings):

NHS - SNOMED CT Browser


This was apparently at the request of MEA:

Link

 

[Nightsong]

What is the significance of the word "disorder" at the end of the name?

It's called a "semantic tag" in SNOMED. In the documentation they give the example of "Hematoma (disorder)" vs "Hematoma (morphologic abnormality)"; the former refers to a clinical diagnosis; the latter refers to a pathologist's finding. Here's how they describe it:

A FSN is composed of a term and a “semantic tag” between parenthesis at its end (e.g. |Myocardial biopsy (procedure)|). The tag indicates the hierarchy to which the concept belongs (e.g. procedure, disorder, organism, etc.). Each concept has a FSN, which is unique in SNOMED CT in a given language, even in cases of FSNs with identical terms that refer to concepts belonging to different categories.

https://docs.snomed.org/snomed-ct-p...ion-guide/3-snomed-ct-as-a-health-terminology