2025-12-08 - CMAG Meeting

Welcome

Cathy Richardson 

5 mins

• Attendees list

• Introductions 

• Note:

  • The meeting will be recorded for the purpose of creating minutes. The recording of meeting will be available online until minutes approved. Once approved the recording will be deleted.

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Administration

   Cathy Richardson 

• Apologies

• Declarations of Interest - nil

• 2025-10-21 - CMAG Meeting minute approvals

  • No feedback received- https://forums.snomed.org/t/cmag-october-meeting-minutes-for-review/660

• CMAG 2026 Work Plan approvals

  • One lot of feedback received - https://forums.snomed.org/t/cmag-2026-draft-work-plan-review/639/3

• Action items from last meeting

Lateralised imaging extension content 

Cathy Richardson

• CMAG Lateralised Imaging Subproject

• New UK lateralised imaging procedures have been added as an additional tab.

• Content improvements are being made before donation occurs. Will provide in batches. First batch shortly- will update the sheet by the end of the week. Second batch will be worked on after 15th February 2026.

• Spreadsheets use the PT, international comments on terming relate to the FSN.

Content tracker update

Sarah Lukha

• CMAG Content Tracker Prioritisation Subproject

  • Forum topic for discussions as work progresses https://forums.snomed.org/t/open-content-trackers-discussion-topic/744

  • End of Q1 for work.

  • Reminder to also look at the Clinical Expertise tab as a number of the trackers require that.

  • US column to be added to the spreadsheet.

Mental Health Project Group

Monica Harry

• Announcement of this group is going through final stages of approval.

• Members asked to advise of interest in being part of the group or know SMEs who could contribute.

Substance hierarchy - new attribute

• https://forums.snomed.org/t/proposed-work-on-a-new-attribute-to-link-substances-to-the-organisms-from-which-they-originate/702 - discussed. Please see post for details.

• Call for interest from CMAG members. Has been interest from other countries via other SNOMED groups e.g. DEUSG, Microbiology

• Monica will check on where things are in relation to approval for this item.

• Issue of missing content in the organism area also raised. There is the potential submission of approximately 1000 new concepts coming from member countries not on this call. Ireland may be interested in contributing to this work, as had work with some SMEs in this area.

National Content Forum

Group

• Standing agenda item

• https://forums.snomed.org/t/cmag-national-content-questions/363/3 - current query shown to group.

US Briefing Note

John Snyder

• Proposal to inactivate all subtypes of

  • 718738005 |Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (assessment scale)|

  • 718728000 |Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale Parent Version (assessment scale)|

Open

• Forum post to be set up to capture input with responses due by beginning of February 2026.

National Content Development Activities

Group

• https://forums.snomed.org/t/national-content-development-updates-for-the-october-2025-meeting/346

• No items brought for discussion at this meeting.

Current briefing notes

• Open Briefing Notes

• SNOMED Forums Briefing Notes page

Backlog change requests

• Netherlands has sent in a list of areas with content for the Netherlands but more detail will be needed.

• If members have more backlog numbers please advise. Please look to provide at a level of specificity e.g. biopsies, types of orthopaedic procedures

• Lateralised Clinical Finding content - the next potential area for work after lateralised imaging.

Other business

Group

• Work items on hold:

  • Review of << 307824009 |Administrative statuses (finding)|

Next meeting

• XX February 2026 1900 UTC