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semantic tag

Created by Beth Holloway on 2018-Aug-01

This is a synonym for hierarchy tag.

hierarchy tag

A parenthetical notation at the end of a fully specified name indicating the relevant domain.

Notes

The purpose of hierarchy tags is to disambiguate concepts that contain the same commonly used words or phrases.

Examples

55903007 | Acute atrophy (morphologic abnormality)| with the hierarchy tag, morphologic abnormality in the body structure domain
89305009 | Abdominal paracentesis (procedure)| with the hierarchy tag, procedure

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