SNOMED CT New Zealand Extension PRODUCTION Release Notes - April 2020
Date | 20200401 |
Document Version | 1.0 |
Release Status | PRODUCTION |
Introduction
The Ministry of Health works with health and disability agencies and their industry partners to develop SNOMED CT® reference sets, maps, language reference sets and other content for digital health solutions in New Zealand.
The SNOMED CT New Zealand Extension - SNOMED NZ Extension, for short - packages these components for release every April and October, to be used with the latest SNOMED CT International Edition release.
The same content can be viewed online using the SNOMED CT browser and it is also available via standard terminology servers Terminz and Snochillies. Implementers also have the choice of free, open source SNOMED CT terminology server Snowstorm.
We welcome your feedback and participation. For more information about SNOMED CT implementation in New Zealand, see our website or join our SNOMED NZ Open Forum on Yammer.
Background
This document provides a summarized description of the content changes included in the April 2020 production release of the SNOMED NZ Extension package.
It will also include technical notes detailing any known issues which have been identified. These are content or technical issues where the root cause is understood, and the fix has been discussed and agreed, but has yet to be implemented.
This SNOMED NZ Extension package is dependent upon, and should therefore be consumed in conjunction with the SNOMED CT March 2020 International Edition release dated 9 March 2020.
Content development activity
Summary
Content from the SNOMED CT March 2020 International Edition release has been incremented, using additional components for use in New Zealand.
The April 2020 release includes updates to the previously released content in the SNOMED NZ Extension beta release.
New and updated content
Concept statistics
The SNOMED NZ National Release Centre promoted 49 new concepts and these are available in the SNOMED CT March 2020 International Edition release.
Table 1. New concepts in the SNOMED International March 2020 release by hierarchy
Total number of concepts | 49 |
Clinical finding (finding) | 5 |
Procedure (procedure) | 7 |
Social context (social concept) | 1 |
Situation with explicit context (situation) | 9 |
Qualifier value (qualifier value) | 27 |
Refer to Appendix 1, Table 1.1 to view the 49 new concepts.
There are 53 new concepts in this release.
Table 2. New concepts in the SNOMED NZ Extension April 2020 release by hierarchy
Total number of concepts | 53 |
Assessment scales (assessment scale) | 7 |
Clinical finding (finding) | 1 |
Procedure (procedure) | 2 |
Observable entity (observable entity) | 1 |
Qualifier value (qualifier value) | 6 |
SNOMED CT Model Component (metadata) | 34 |
Situation with explicit context (situation) | 2 |
Refer to Appendix 1, Table 2.1 to view the 53 new concepts.
Description statistics
The SNOMED NZ NRC promoted 12 new descriptions to SNOMED International. These are available in the SNOMED International Edition March 2020 release.
Table 3. New descriptions in the SNOMED International March 2020 release
SNOMED CT Concept ID (SCTID) | SNOMED CT Fully Specified Name (FSN) | New Description |
90361000119105 | Behavioral insomnia of childhood (disorder) | Behavioral sleep problems |
426284001 | Chemical burn (disorder) | Caustic burn |
429211000124107 | Fetus affected by placental transfer of anticonvulsant (disorder) | Fetal anticonvulsant syndrome |
66622006 | Hypertrophy of both palatine AND pharyngeal tonsils (disorder) | Adenotonsillar hypertrophy |
15218003 | Intelligence test/Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (procedure) | WISC-Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children assessment |
425810000 | Mass of pancreas (finding) | Pancreatic mass |
310063007 | Obstretics service (qualifier value) | Maternity service |
277843001 | Problem behavior (finding) | Behavioural concern |
254588001 | Polyp of intestine (disorder) | Bowel polyp |
197433003 | Polyp of gallbladder (disorder) | Gallbladder polyp |
425988004 | Sensory integration disorder (disorder) | Sensory processing disorder |
231543005 | Speech and language disorder (disorder) | Speech, language, communication disorder |
Reference sets
There are 23 reference sets in the April 2020 release.
For more information about New Zealand reference sets, please visit our website.
The New Zealand reference set list is available in Appendix 1, table 3.1.
Language reference sets
Language reference sets are created to define preferred terms and synonyms associated with each concept. There are three language reference sets in the April 2020 release.
Language Reference Set Name | SNOMED CT Concept ID (SCTID) | Members |
Maori [International Organization for Standardization 639-1 code mi] language reference set (foundation metadata concept) | 291000210106
| 0 |
New Zealand English language reference set (foundation metadata concept) | 271000210107
| 1155061 |
New Zealand English patient friendly terms language reference set (foundation metadata concept) | 281000210109
| 157 |
Maps
Five maps between SNOMED CT and other code systems are contained in the April 2020 release.
Map Name | SNOMED CT Concept ID (SCTID) | Members |
ACC translation table map (foundation metadata concept) | 401000210101 | 12795 |
MSD translation table map (foundation metadata concept) | 411000210104 | 58134 |
NZMT medicinal product to SNOMED CT map (foundation metadata concept) | 311000210107 | 2125 |
READ v2 to SNOMED CT map (foundation metadata concept) | 31000210106 | 88273 |
SNOMED CT to READ v2 map (foundation metadata concept) | 41000210103 | 66966 |
Technical notes
Known Issues
Known Issues are content or technical issues where the root cause is understood, and the resolution has been discussed and agreed but has yet to be implemented. This can be due to a number of reasons, from lack of capacity within the current editing cycle, to the risk of impact to the stability of SNOMED CT if the fix were to be deployed at that stage in the Product lifecycle.
The following known issues were identified, and agreed to be resolved in the next editing cycle:
Technical notes
No additional technical notes for this release.
Appendix 1
Table 1.1. New concepts in SNOMED CT International Edition March 2020 release
SNOMED CT Concept ID (SCTID) | SNOMED CT Fully Specified Name (FSN) | Semantic Tag |
788120007 | Antenatal depression (disorder) | Disorder |
817966005 | Cystic fibrosis with DIOS - Distal Intestinal Obstructive Syndrome (disorder) | Disorder |
816969006 | Inefficient uterine action with oxytocin augmentation (disorder) | Disorder |
816967008 | Fetal distress due to augmentation of labor with oxytocin (disorder) | Disorder |
789494008 | central sensitization (finding) | Finding |
788339009 | Genetic consultation (Procedure) | Procedure |
788587000 | Assessment using Griffith Mental Development Scales (procedure) | Procedure |
715911009 | Assessment using Bayley Scales of Infant Development (procedure) | Procedure |
816029007 | Corneal collagen cross linking (procedure) | Procedure |
792900002 | Assessment for breast reconstruction (procedure) | Procedure |
789789009 | Traditional maori medicine (regime/therapy) | Regime/therapy |
816968003 | Labor and birth support (regime/therapy) | Regime/therapy |
789543004 | Sonographer (occupation) | Occupation |
789544005 | History of peripheral ischaemia (situation) | Situation |
789475003 | History of aneurysm of artery of trunk (situation) | Situation |
789474004 | History of aneurysm of peripheral artery (situation) | Situation |
789064006 | History of pain at rest due to peripheral vascular disease (situation) | Situation |
789377005 | Fetal exposure to antiepileptic drug (situation) | Situation |
789642001 | History of carotid artery stenosis (situation) | Situation |
789775004 | History of influenza (situation) | Situation |
789776003 | History of placental abruption (situation) | Situation |
816150000 | History of shoulder dystocia (situation) | Situation |
788125002 | Addiction service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788002001 | Adult mental health service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
789718008 | Cardiology service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788127005 | Child health service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788004000 | Clinical genetics service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788121006 | Clinical immunology and allergy service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788128000 | Critical care medicine service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
792847005 | Emergency ambulance service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788007007 | General practice service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788006003 | Genetic laboratory service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788124003 | Histopathology service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788001008 | Infectious diseases service (qualifier service) | Qualifier value |
792848000 | Internal medicine service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788005004 | Neurology service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788003006 | Nephrology service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788009005 | Nuclear medicine service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788008002 | Oral and maxillofacial surgery service (qualifier service) | Qualifier value |
789717003 | Pediatric cardiology service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
792849008 | Pediatric clinical genetics service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
789716007 | Pediatric ear, nose and throat service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
789715006 | Pediatric respiratory therapy service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
789714005 | Pediatric rheumatology service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
816075004 | Prosthetics and orthotics service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788126001 | Prosthetics service (qualifier service) | Qualifier value |
788123009 | Radiation oncology service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
816074000 | Respiratory medicine service (qualifier value) | Qualifier value |
788122004 | Sexual health service (qualifier value) |
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