A characteristic of the meaning of a concept or the nature of a refinement.
Notes
- An attribute is assigned a value (attribute value pair) when used in the definition of a concept or in a postcoordinated expression.
- The attributes that can be used in definitions or refinements are represented by a concepts that are subtypes of the concept 410662002 | Concept model attribute (attribute)| .
- The SNOMED CT concept model specifies:
- The concept model domains which each specific attribute can be applied; and
- The concept model range of values that can be applied to each specific attribute.
Example
The attribute 116676008 | Associated morphology|
is one of the attributes that can be applied to concepts in the 404684003 | Clinical finding| domain; and
its range includes 49755003 | Morphologically abnormal structure (morphologic abnormality)| and its subtypes.
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- Attribute
- Role
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