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SNOMED CT® Release Format 1 (RF1) Guide - ihtsdo

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Other components (i.e. Relationships, Subsets, Cross Map Sets, Cross Maps and Cross Map Targets) are<br />

not distributed if they are no longer in active use.<br />

When a component is added, inactivated or otherwise changes its status, this is noted in the Component<br />

History Table.<br />

When a Concept is no longer in active use, is replaced by or duplicates another component, this is indicated<br />

by an appropriate historical relationship. When a Description, Subset or Cross Map Set is replaced by or<br />

duplicates another component, this is indicated by a row in the References Table.<br />

2.1.1.4.2. Component features - Identifiers<br />

Components within <strong>SNOMED</strong> Clinical Terms are identified and referenced using numeric Identifiers. These<br />

Identifiers have the data type SCTID (<strong>SNOMED</strong> CT Identifier).<br />

The SCTID data type is 64-bit integer which is allocated and represented in accordance with a set of rules.<br />

These rules enable each Identifier to refer unambiguously to a unique component.They also support separate<br />

partitions for allocation of Identifiers for particular types of component and namespaces that distinguish<br />

between different issuing organizations .<br />

2.1.2. Derivatives<br />

This section describes derivatives that are specified by and distributed as part of <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT. Derivatives<br />

are artifacts which are either required or useful to support some aspect of <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT enabled<br />

implementation. These artifacts are known as derivatives because they are derived from <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT<br />

Components and either add properties to them or specify sets of related components. All <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT<br />

enabled applications need to support some derivatives.<br />

The set of derivatives that need to be supported by an implementation depend on user requirements for<br />

particular types of functionality. Important aspects of functionality that require support for relevant derivatives<br />

include:<br />

• Tracking changes to the status of components;<br />

• Filtering and prioritizing searches;<br />

• Representing alternative navigation hierarchies;<br />

• Adding annotations to components;<br />

• Cross mapping to and from other coding schemes and classifications.<br />

2.1.2.1. Reference Sets<br />

Reference Sets represent groups of components that share specified characteristics that affect the way the<br />

components are displayed or otherwise accessible within a particular realm, specialty, application or context.<br />

Different types of Reference Set are used to represent:<br />

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• Language and dialect variations in the use of particular terms to describe a Concept;<br />

• Subsets of component that are included in or excluded from the set of values that can be used in a particular<br />

country, organization , specialty or context;<br />

• Frequency of use of Descriptions or Concepts in particular country, organization , specialty or context;<br />

• Suitability of particular Concepts for use in a particular context in a record or message;<br />

• Structure and ordering of hierarchies displaying Concepts for user navigation.<br />

Reference Sets can be represented using the Subset and SubsetMembers files of <strong>Release</strong> <strong>Format</strong> 1 or using<br />

the Refsets files specified by <strong>Release</strong> <strong>Format</strong> 2. In both cases, each rows in these tables represents a<br />

Furthermore, a Concept that is not otherwise specified in ICD-10 may well be more precisely represented by<br />

another <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT Concept and thus from a <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT perspective "otherwise classified."<br />

© 2002-2012 International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation CVR #: 30363434

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