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USPMG (USP Model Guidelines) - Metathesaurus Representation


This page lists UMLS Metathesaurus data elements and traces them back to the specific source data that populates them.

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Atoms
Attributes
Definitions
Relationships
Mappings

VSAB: USPMG_2023

Summary of Changes

There have been no changes to the source format or to Metathesaurus source processing.

Source Provided Files Summary:

The following Excel file was processed for inclusion in the UMLS Metathesaurus:

File Name Description
USP_Medicare_Model_Guidelines_v9.0__All_Excel_Spreadsheets___1.0_.xlsx Data file

Identifiers:

Identifiers are assigned as follows:

Identifier Origin
CODE MTHU#
No CODE value is supplied by the source. This value is assigned during Metathesaurus source processing
SAUI Not applicable
SCUI Not applicable
SDUI
 Not applicable

Atoms (MRCONSO):

Term Type Origin
HC CODE = MTHU# assigned during Metathesaurus source processing
STR = Value of "USP Category" or "USP Class" column in uspmmg_v7_0_excelspreadsheetsrev170206.xlsx
SUPPRESS = "N"
PT CODE = MTHU# assigned during Metathesaurus source processing
STR = Value of "Example Drugs" column
SUPPRESS ="N"

Attributes (MRSAT):

Attribute Name Origin
LEVEL Value of column from original spreadsheet. Values are:
Example Part D Eligible Drugs
USP Category
USP Class

Definitions (MRDEF):

No definitions are included with the standard format CPT release.

Relationships (MRREL):

REL RELA
Inverse RELA		 Origin
CHD
PAR 		<no RELA>
 The hierarchy is created based on the columns in the spreadsheet:

USP Category
USP Class
Example Drugs

Mappings (MRMAP):

No mappings are provided in the Excel file used for UMLS Metathesaurus source processing.