General Practitioner/Family Practitioner (GP/FP) Reasons for Encounter/Health Issues SNOMED CT package Release Notes - January 2024

General Practitioner/Family Practitioner (GP/FP) Reasons for Encounter/Health Issues SNOMED CT package Release Notes - January 2024



  

Date

20240101

Document Version

1.0

Release Status

PRODUCTION




 











1 Introduction

The SNOMED CT International General/Family Practice Reasons for Encounter and/or Health Issues reference set (hereafter called the GP/FP Subset) was developed between 2010 and 2013 by the GP/FP Subset and ICPC mapping project group. This project ended on December 31, 2013 after field-testing of the products was completed. Initial releases were accompanied by a map from the subset to ICPC-2, but a review in late 2017 about usage of this product and outreach to the user community (Members, vendors and Wonca) indicated that the map product was not used in electronic systems.  Bearing this in mind, and the fact that ICPC-3 was in development (and since released in December 2020 (https://www.icpc-3.info/)) meaning that ICPC-2 was no longer being updated, a decision was taken jointly with Wonca to deprecate the map.  As from the July 2019 version, therefore, the GP/FP release has no longer included active map records for ICPC-2.



2. Background

In December 2009 a harmonization agreement was finalized between SNOMED International and the World organisation of Family Doctors (Wonca) to promote co-operation and collaboration between the two organisations. 

This agreement led to the formation of the International Family Physician/General Practitioner Special Interest Group (IFP/GP SIG) under the auspices of SNOMED International. The IFP/GP SIG was established to propose content for SNOMED CT® related to general/family practice and to provide quality assurance for SNOMED CT content from the general/family practice perspective. SNOMED International's existing Primary Care Special Interest Group was converted to the IFP/GP SIG after the agreement was signed. 

The Refset was released as 2 distinct Refsets as a candidate baseline in April 2014 - Reasons for Encounter and Health Issues. Based on feedback and advice of the project group, the 2 refsets were consequently amalgamated in to a single refset.   

3 Release content

3.1 Changes to the January 2024 release GP/FP subset

As a result of changes present in the January 2024 release, 58 concepts were inactivated. The following table lists the inactive concepts which were removed from the Refset, together with the target replacements. Some target replacements were already in the Refset and some were new to the Refset but not necessarily new to SNOMED CT.  See Column E for details. 

When a concept is inactivated as Ambiguous, more than one concept may be selected as replacement therefore not a 1:1 match between inactivated and replaced. There were 60 new concepts added to the Refset as replacements. 

Inactive SCTID

Inactive FSN

Replacement SCT ID

Replacement FSN

Column E

Inactive SCTID

Inactive FSN

Replacement SCT ID

Replacement FSN

Column E

102491009

Immobile (finding)

225601007

Unable to move (finding)

New refset member

105965008

Skin disorder due to physical agent AND/OR foreign substance (disorder)

817956002

Exogenous dermatitis (disorder)

New refset member

105965008

Skin disorder due to physical agent AND/OR foreign substance (disorder)

373591006

Disorders of skin caused by physical agents (disorder)

New refset member

108290001

Radiation oncology AND/OR radiotherapy (procedure)

1287742003

Radiotherapy (procedure)

New refset member

10885003

Premenstrual symptom (finding)

276319003

Finding of menstrual bleeding (finding)

New refset member

109269004

Melanocytic nevus of face (disorder)

1287478009

Melanocytic nevus of skin of face (disorder)

New refset member

160618006

Current non-smoker (finding)

8392000

Non-smoker (finding)

New refset member

161152002

Social problem (finding)





No replacement

161155000

School problem (finding)





No replacement

161638000

Hepatitis B Occupational risk (situation)

1264552001

At increased risk of exposure to hepatitis B virus due to occupation (finding)

New refset member

161920001

Respiratory symptom (finding)

106048009

Respiratory finding (finding)

New refset member

162011005

Sore mouth (finding)

102616008

Painful mouth (finding)

New refset member

162016000

Tongue symptoms (finding)

249378009

Tongue finding (finding)

New refset member

162206003

Sexual symptom (finding)

118202007

Finding of sexual function (finding)

New refset member

162206003

Sexual symptom (finding)

118199002

Finding relating to sexuality and sexual activity (finding)

New refset member

16386004

Dry skin (finding)

52475004

Xeroderma (disorder)

Existing refset member

16611005

Relative frigidity (finding)

62607004

Orgasm incapacity (finding)

New refset member

184477002

Minor surgery done - excision (finding)

65801008

Excision (procedure)

New refset member

184477002

Minor surgery done - excision (finding)

1268934004

Minor surgery done (situation)

New refset member

186524006

Herpes zoster with ophthalmic complication (disorder)

87513003

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (disorder)

Existing refset member

191816009

Drug dependence (disorder)

1254812006

Substance dependence (disorder)

New refset member

195080001

Atrial fibrillation and flutter (disorder)

6456007

Supraventricular tachycardia (disorder)

Existing refset member

195080001

Atrial fibrillation and flutter (disorder)

5370000

Atrial flutter (disorder)

Existing refset member

195080001

Atrial fibrillation and flutter (disorder)

49436004

Atrial fibrillation (disorder)

Existing refset member

195080001

Atrial fibrillation and flutter (disorder)

17366009

Atrial arrhythmia (disorder)

Existing refset member

197663003

Impaired renal function disorder

236423003

Renal impairment (disorder)

Existing refset member

249475006

Thirst symptom (finding)

289159000

Thirst finding (finding)

New refset member

260216002

Intra-capsular cataract extraction (procedure)

404628003

Intracapsular cataract extraction (procedure)

New refset member

260912008

Abnormal involuntary movement (disorder)

82470000

Muscle fasciculation (finding)

New refset member

260912008

Abnormal involuntary movement (disorder)

55300003

Cramp (finding)

Existing refset member

260912008

Abnormal involuntary movement (disorder)

45352006

Spasm (finding)

Existing refset member

260912008

Abnormal involuntary movement (disorder)

271700006

Chorea (disorder)

Existing refset member

260912008

Abnormal involuntary movement (disorder)

26079004

Tremor (finding)

Existing refset member

266602005

Puberty bleeding (finding)

44062003

Early menarche (finding)

New refset member

267053000

Tenesmus (finding)

784285002

Tenesmus of urinary bladder (finding)

New refset member

267053000

Tenesmus (finding)

302770003

Tenesmus of anus and/or rectum (finding)

New refset member

268461001

Sheath contraception (finding)

169505001

Uses contraceptive sheath (finding)

New refset member

268727002

Abuse of non-dependence-producing substances (disorder)

66214007

Substance abuse (disorder)

Existing refset member

270224008

Minor surgery done - injection (procedure)

59108006

Injection (procedure)

Existing refset member

270224008

Minor surgery done - injection (procedure)

1268934004

Minor surgery done (situation)

New refset member

270426007

Did not attend - no reason (finding)





No replacement

271870002

Low blood pressure reading (disorder)

45007003

Low blood pressure (disorder)

Existing refset member

271870002

Low blood pressure reading (disorder)

12763006

Decreased blood pressure (finding)

New refset member

275813002

Emergency contraception (finding)

268463003

Uses postcoital contraception (finding)

Existing refset member

281694009

Finding of at risk (finding)

1279548003

Finding of low risk level (finding)

New refset member

281694009

Finding of at risk (finding)

1255670000

Finding of increased risk level (finding)

New refset member

281811000

Arthroscopic surgical procedure on knee (procedure)

309431009

Arthroscopy of knee joint (procedure)

New refset member

308926009

Skin symptom (finding)

106076001

Skin finding (finding)

New refset member

315217005

Ear symptom (finding)

247234006

Ear finding (finding)

New refset member

315642008

Influenza-like symptoms (finding)

95891005

Influenza-like illness (finding)

Existing refset member

31845005

Retraction of nipple (disorder)

271955004

Retraction of nipple (finding)

New refset member

352818000

Tonic-clonic epilepsy (disorder)

84757009

Epilepsy (disorder)

Existing refset member

361209006

Dermite ocre of Favre (disorder)

769036006

Acroangiodermatitis of skin (disorder)

New refset member

361209006

Dermite ocre of Favre (disorder)

361210001

Stasis purpura (disorder)

New refset member

363101005

Drug withdrawal (disorder)

1254795002

Substance withdrawal syndrome (disorder)

New refset member

395496008

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