Semantic tags are part of FSN descriptions. They are placed in parentheses at the end of FSNs when authoring concepts. They indicate the domain to which a concept belongs. For example, body structure, disorder, or specimen.
The purpose of semantic tags is to disambiguate concepts which have the same commonly used word or phrase.
For example,
- Hematoma (morphologic abnormality)
- Hematoma (disorder)
The following table contains the semantic tags for each domain.
| Domain | Semantic tags |
| Body structure (body structure) |
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| Clinical finding (finding) |
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| Environment or geographical location (environment / location) |
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| Event (event) |
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| Observable entity (observable entity) |
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| Organism (organism) |
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| Pharmaceutical / biologic product (product) |
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| Physical force (physical force) |
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| Physical object (physical object) |
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| Procedure (procedure) |
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| Qualifier value (qualifier value) |
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| Record artifact (record artifact) |
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| Situation with explicit context (situation) |
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| SNOMED CT Model Component (metadata) |
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| Social context (social concept) |
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| Special concept (special concept) |
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| Specimen (specimen) |
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| Staging and scales (staging scales) |
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| Substance (substance) |
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