2026-02-19 - CMAG Meeting

Welcome

Sarah Lukha

2 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.

  • Joining the meeting by accepting the Zoom prompt declares that you have no objection to your comments being recorded

Administration

   Sarah Lukha

5 mins

• Apologies

• Declarations of Interest - nil

• December meeting minutes: 2025-12-08 - CMAG Meeting

  • No feedback received - minutes approved.

• Action items from last meeting

Country of birth

Michael Harwood-Jones

• https://forums.snomed.org/t/use-of-370159000-country-of-birth-finding-and-its-subtypes/1001

• Response received from Matt Cordell (Australia).

• Direct message response received from Anna Rossander (Sweden) asking SI not to inactivate the content as there may be use of this content that the NRCs are unaware of.

• Trine Angelskår (Norway): this content is not used as far they are aware. Happy for inactivation. Not a priority for Norway.

• UK use this content for GP registration.

• Camilla Wiberg Danielsen (Denmark): not aware of use. No highlighted issues with this content being retained in SNOMED CT.

• Further posts encouraged.

Microbiology Project Group

Monica Harry

• Microbiology project group planning to restart

• Seeking Member representatives to chair new group

• Seeking SME for collaborative authoring

https://forums.snomed.org/t/microbiology-project-call-for-interest/990

Interest from France, Canada, Estonia.

• Camilla Wiberg Danielsen (Denmark): actively looking for SMEs in this area to become involved. Not yet identified any organism content for promotion.

• Sofia Theorell (Sweden): Microbiology is a priority. Will encourage SMEs to join new Microbiology Group.

Lateralised imaging extension content 

Sarah Lukha

5 mins

• CMAG Lateralised Imaging Subproject

• Status:

  • Maria Braithwaitewill be the Senior Terminologist managing this work.

  • Please don’t update the descriptions and/or model, Maria will make changes to align with the international editorial guide at the time of promotion.

  • Netherlands and UK tabs still require completion.

  • Working towards completion at end of March 2026.

  • Work to be reviewed at meeting in April.

Content tracker update

Sarah Lukha

5 mins

• CMAG Content Tracker Prioritisation Subproject

  • Current status:

    • Responses due by end of Q1 for work.

    • Reminder to also look at the Clinical Expertise tab as a number of the trackers require that - no comments to date.

    • Nursing CRG Chairs have expressed an interest in their group providing input on some of the content trackers as they are worked on.

    • US, New Zealand and Australia part completed.

    • Working to towards completion at end of March 2026.

    • Work to be reviewed at meeting in April.

  • https://forums.snomed.org/t/open-content-trackers-discussion-topic/744

Substance hierarchy - new attribute - update

Monica Harry

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

Mental Health Group update

Hanne Fjeldstad Johansen

• Update on status:

  • New Mental Health Project Group. A subgroup of Mental Health and Behavioural CRG

  • What the plans for the group are

• https://forums.snomed.org/t/mental-health-project-group-expressions-on-interest-in-involvement/841/3

• Link to Mental Health Disorders project pages: Scope and Deliverables

National Content Forum

Group

• Standing agenda item

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

• https://forums.snomed.org/t/use-of-11429006-consultation-procedure-for-referrals-consults/977/6 - consensus across countries on placement in extensions? Further posts encouraged.

Current briefing notes

Sarah Lukha

• Open Briefing Notes

• SNOMED Forums Briefing Notes page

Highlighted:

1. Revised briefing note posted 6 February: https://forums.snomed.org/t/representation-of-human-genes-in-snomed-ct-updated/757/17

2. Feedback requested by 15th March 2026 https://forums.snomed.org/t/changes-to-706437002-container-physical-object-and-the-physical-object-mrcm/962/2

3. Feedback requested by 6th March 2026 https://forums.snomed.org/t/revision-of-sepsis-modelling-and-descriptions/980

Forum Posts

Group

• https://forums.snomed.org/t/comment-on-the-rigidity-of-editorial-policy-conflict-with-implementation-requirements/915 - any additional comments? Please add to post.

• https://forums.snomed.org/t/proposal-to-inactivate-all-subtypes-of-718738005-revised-childrens-anxiety-and-depression-scale-assessment-scale-718728000-revised-childrens-anxiety-and-depression-scale-parent-version-assessment-scale/822 - additional comments? Please add to post. Piper Ranallo has contributed via email.

Other business

Group

• April 2026 Meeting topics

  • National Content Development Activities - a forum post will be set up prior to the meeting to gather this information, in prep for discussion at the meeting.

  • Updates on sub projects

  • Other items?

Next meeting

Sarah Lukha

• 15 April 2026 - half day hybrid meeting.

  • 1330 - 1700 CEST (1230 - 1600 UTC)