The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) has updated VSAC with the most recent provisional terminology codes published by SNOMED CT® in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

These pre-release provisional codes were developed by SNOMED CT in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and they are based on the most up to date information available at the time of their creation.

Code System	VSAC Code System Version	Additional Information
SNOMED CT	Provisional_2020-05-20	SNOMED CT COVID-19 Related Content

Be aware that downstream users may not be ready to handle prerelease codes until they are published in an official terminology release.

See our VSAC Support Center page on how to include provisional codes in your VSAC value sets.

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Last Reviewed: July 15, 2021