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322 | <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT <strong>Release</strong> <strong>Format</strong> 1 (<strong>RF1</strong>) <strong>Guide</strong> July 2012<br />

Figure 48: Relationship for disease appendicitis<br />

Figure 49: Relationships for procedure craniotomy<br />

These Relationships are very useful in the context of data retrieval and analysis. The Relationships can also<br />

be used to aid in the search for specific <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT Concepts in cases where the term alone may not<br />

sufficiently distinguish between choices. For example, a search for all inflammatory diseases of the lung could<br />

be carried out as follows:<br />

• Use the hierarchy to compile a list of all Concepts that are lung structures;<br />

• Search for any Concept that has a row in the Relationships table with a Relationship Type of "Disorder<br />

site," and with ConceptId2 included in the list of lung structures;<br />

• Now exclude any procedures from the list that do have the | Associated morphology | "Inflammation" in<br />

the Relationship table;<br />

• Final product is a list of all lung disorders that involve inflammation.<br />

To achieve these same results with a string search we would have to perform separate searches for |<br />

pneumonia |, bronchitis, | pleurisy | and many other conditions that cannot be linked via a sample string<br />

search.<br />

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

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