SNOMED Insights

What is SNOMED?

SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine — Clinical Terms) is a comprehensive, multilingual, controlled healthcare terminology. It provides a consistent way to represent clinical information electronically, improving data exchange and interoperability in healthcare. It is commonly used for electronic health records, decision support systems, and clinical research.

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What other technologies are related to SNOMED?

SNOMED Competitor Technologies

ICD

ICD (International Classification of Diseases) is a diagnostic coding system that serves a similar purpose to SNOMED CT in representing clinical conditions, though SNOMED CT is more granular and comprehensive. It is considered a competitor even though mapping exists between the two.

mentioned alongside SNOMED in 8% (324) of relevant job posts

ICD-10

ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision) is a diagnostic coding system. It serves a similar purpose to SNOMED CT in representing clinical conditions, though SNOMED CT is more granular and comprehensive. Considered a competitor despite mapping between the two.

mentioned alongside SNOMED in 1% (345) of relevant job posts

ICD10

ICD10 (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision) is a diagnostic coding system. It serves a similar purpose to SNOMED CT in representing clinical conditions, though SNOMED CT is more granular and comprehensive. Considered a competitor despite mapping between the two.

mentioned alongside SNOMED in 2% (97) of relevant job posts

ICD-9

ICD-9 (International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision) is a diagnostic coding system that serves a similar purpose to SNOMED CT in representing clinical conditions, though SNOMED CT is more granular and comprehensive. It is considered a competitor even though mapping exists between the two.

mentioned alongside SNOMED in 1% (54) of relevant job posts

SNOMED Complementary Technologies

LOINC

LOINC is a coding system for identifying laboratory and clinical observations. It complements SNOMED CT by providing codes for specific observations, while SNOMED CT provides a more comprehensive clinical terminology.

mentioned alongside SNOMED in 50% (1.1k) of relevant job posts

RxNorm

RxNorm is a standardized nomenclature for clinical drugs. It complements SNOMED CT by providing codes for medications, which can be linked to clinical concepts in SNOMED CT.

mentioned alongside SNOMED in 51% (405) of relevant job posts

openEHR

openEHR is an open standard for electronic health records. SNOMED CT can be used within openEHR archetypes to represent clinical concepts.

mentioned alongside SNOMED in 29% (167) of relevant job posts