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| The description does not represent the same meaning as the concept's Fully Specified Name (FSN).
| The FSN Removal of device (procedure) has the synonym, Replacement of prosthetic device (procedure). The synonym has a more specific meaning than the FSN, so it should be inactivated (see Synonym in the SNOMED CT Editorial Guide) | |||||||||||||
| A description fails to comply with the current editorial guidance.
| Prior to 2017-07-31, the concept 167238004 |Turbid urine (finding)| had the fully specified name "Urine: turbid (finding)". This was inactivated and replaced by a new fully specified name "Turbid urine (finding)" because this use of the colon is contrary to editorial guidance (see Punctuation and NumbersSymbols in the SNOMED CT Editorial Guide). | |||||||||||||
| A description is outdated and is no longer current, useful, appropriate or acceptable. | The synonym "Funny looking kid" was inactivated from 112630007 |Abnormal facies (finding)| as it is not considered an appropriate term to use. | |||||||||||||
| The description has been made inactive because it contains an error. | Case significance changes (e.g. "Alpha" where the initial letter should be a lower case "a"). Spelling errors (e.g. a description where "Asthma" is misspelled "Assthma"). | |||||||||||||
| The description is still active but the concept it refers to is now inactive. | A concept that has been made inactive, still has active descriptions to allow the inactive concept to be displayed with a valid term. These descriptions are marked with this inactivation value. | |||||||||||||
| The following values used in earlier releases are no longer used in the International Release | |||||||||||||||
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| The description refers to a concept that has limited status.
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| The description has been made inactive because the associated term is does not describe the associated concept.
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| The following values related to transfer or responsibility for description are no longer used in the International Release | |||||||||||||||
| The description was moved to another namespace or module.
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| The description is still active but it is in the process of being moved to another namespace or module. When the move is complete it will be marked as Inactive.
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- See also the formal specification of 5.2.3 Attribute Value Reference Sets.
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