SNOMED Documentation Search


Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

Caption label
CapIdsimple-expression-diagram
CapTypeFigure
Simple expression diagram

Expression diagrams are the most general form of diagram, which represent a SNOMED CT expression as defined in the SNOMED CT Compositional Grammar. Diagrams representing expressions may exist on their own, or be part of a larger diagram representing a concept definition or relation between two expressions.

In its simplest form this may simply be a single concept

Caption label
CapIddiagram-of-the-single-concept-inline95617006-neonatal-cyanosis-
CapTypeFigure
Diagram of the single concept  INLINE95617006 | Neonatal cyanosis | 

In more complex scenarios diagrams may represent coordination of attribute types and concepts.

Caption label
CapId-ref347406127figure-4-expression-equivalentinlineequivalent-as-at-the-january-2012-snomed-ct-international-release-toinline95617006-neonatal-cyanosis-
CapTypeFigure
_Ref347406127Figure 4 Expression equivalentINLINEEquivalent as at the January 2012 SNOMED CT International release.*toINLINE95617006 | Neonatal cyanosis |

In all expressions other than a single concept value

...