Five New and Updated SNOMED CT Releases Available

Five New and Updated SNOMED CT Releases Available. NLM Tech Bull. 2017 Nov-Dec;(419):b1.

The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce five new and updated SNOMED CT related releases available for download. The releases are based on the July 2017 SNOMED CT International Edition.

• SNOMED CT Odontogram Refset Package (New)
  The SNOMED CT Odontogram release is a reference set (refset) to exchange basic oral health status information between dental clinicians using a standardized format and to support gathering of research and quality data based on the most common visualizations for clinicians worldwide.
  
  
• SNOMED CT Nursing Activities Refset Package (New)
  The SNOMED CT Nursing Activities Reference Set is intended to support nursing care and enable effective decision-making, and to provide information to inform nursing education and health policy. The purpose of this refset is to provide a subset of frequently used SNOMED CT concepts for use in nursing practice within the Nursing Activities data field.
  
  
• SNOMED CT Nursing Health Issues Refset Package (New)
  The SNOMED CT Nursing Activities Reference Set is intended to support nursing care and enable effective decision-making, and provide information to inform nursing education and health policy. The purpose of this refset is to provide a subset of frequently used SNOMED CT concepts for use in nursing practice within the Nursing Health Issues data field.
  
  
• General Practitioner/Family Practice Reference Sets and SNOMED CT to ICPC2 Map (Updated)
  The SNOMED CT International General/Family Practice subset (GP/FP Subset) and map from the GP/FP Subset to the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2). This release is resulting work from the harmonization agreement between the IHTSDO and WONCA. Access to the SNOMED CT to ICPC-2 map is provided through a collaboration agreement between WONCA and IHTSDO. Users of the map must comply with the licensing agreements of both ICPC-2 and SNOMED CT.
  
  
• SNOMED CT General Dentistry Refset (Updated)
  The SNOMED CT General Dentistry (GD) Diagnostic release is a reference set (refset) of diagnostic terms designed to provide dentistry with a relatively easy to implement set of terms that covers the vast majority of care provided in the dental field. The release is based on the July 2017 SNOMED CT International Edition.
  
  

To download the above releases, you must agree to the UMLS Metathesaurus License and have a UMLS Terminology Services login. To learn more about the license and to sign up for an account, please see the SNOMED CT License page for additional information. Any inquiries may be sent to the NLM Customer Support.