Entity SNOMED Concept

DescriptionInformation categorizing medical terms including diseases, findings, procedures, microorganisms, substances, etc. Each concept has a unique identifier and a fully specified name specifying the nature of the concept.

Attributes
Concept IdentifierConcept Identifier
Concept StatusConcept Status
CTV3 IdCTV3 Id
Primitive IndPrimitive Ind
SNOMED Concept NameSNOMED Concept Name
SNOMED IdSNOMED Id

Relationship
SNOMED Concept_Coding System Version_FKSNOMED Concept_Coding System Version_FK
SNOMED Concept_Common Code_FKSNOMED Concept_Common Code_FK

Dependencies
 NONE

Reverse Dependencies
 

Attribute Details

 Concept Identifier
DescriptionThe unique SNOMED Clinical Terms Identifier for this Concept.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Enumeration [VARCHAR(20)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredtrue
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Concept Status
DescriptionIndicates whether the Concept is in active use and, if not, indicates the reason for withdrawal from current use.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Enumeration [VARCHAR(20)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 CTV3 Id
DescriptionThe Read Code for this Concept.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Identifier [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Primitive Ind
DescriptionIndicates whether or not a Concept is primitive or fully defined by its current set of defining characteristics.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Boolean Indicator [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 SNOMED Concept Name
DescriptionA name which specifies the nature of the SNOMED concept.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Name Long [VARCHAR(255)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 SNOMED Id
DescriptionThe SNOMED identifier for this Concept.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Identifier [VARCHAR(80)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse

Relationship Details

 SNOMED Concept_Coding System Version_FK
Is Identifying Relationshipfalse
Child TableSNOMED Concept
Child Role Namehas version
Child MultiplicityZERO_TO_MANY
Child Referential Integrity: On DeleteNONE
Child Referential Integrity: On InsertNONE
Child Referential Integrity: On UpdateNONE
Parent TableCoding System Version
Parent MultiplicityONE
Parent Referential Integrity: On DeleteNONE
Parent Referential Integrity: On InsertNONE
Parent Referential Integrity: On UpdateNONE



 SNOMED Concept_Common Code_FK
DescriptionThe association between Common Codes and SNOMED Concepts. For instance, Specimen Source and body site codes will map to SNOMED concepts.
Is Identifying Relationshipfalse
Child TableSNOMED Concept
Child MultiplicityZERO_TO_MANY
Child Referential Integrity: On DeleteNONE
Child Referential Integrity: On InsertNONE
Child Referential Integrity: On UpdateNONE
Parent TableCommon Code
Parent MultiplicityZERO_TO_MANY
Parent Referential Integrity: On DeleteNONE
Parent Referential Integrity: On InsertNONE
Parent Referential Integrity: On UpdateNONE