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The

Specref
RefTypefile
tDescription
holds
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Spacetrue
tdescriptions
that describe
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Spacetrue
tSNOMED CT concepts.
A
Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
is used to give meaning to a
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Spacetrue
tconcept
and provide well-understood and standard ways of referring to a
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Spacetrue
tconcept.

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Namefilespec


Field

Data type

Purpose

Gloss
tMutable
LinkTypesubtle

Part of Primary Key

id

Specref
RefType(data type)
tSCTID

Uniquely identifies the

Gloss
tdescription.

NO

YES
(Full/Snapshot) 

Specref
RefType(field)
teffectiveTime

Specref
RefType(data type)
tTime

Specifies the inclusive date at which the component version's state became the then current valid state of the component

YES

YES (Full)
Optional (Snapshot) 

Specref
RefType(field)
tactive

Specref
RefType(data type)
tBoolean

Specifies whether the state of the

Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
was
Gloss
Spacetrue
tactive
or
Gloss
Spacetrue
tinactive
from the nominal release date specified by the
Specref
RefType(field)
teffectiveTime
.

YES

NO

Specref
RefType(field)
tmoduleId

Specref
RefType(data type)
tSCTID

Identifies the

Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
version's module. Set to a
Gloss
Spacetrue
tchild
of
Concept
t900000000000443000|Module|
ShowFormatinline
within the metadata
Gloss
thierarchy.

YES

NO

conceptId

Specref
RefType(data type)
tSCTID

Identifies the

Gloss
Spacetrue
tconcept
to which this
Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
applies. Set to the
Gloss
Spacetrue
tidentifier
of a
Gloss
Spacetrue
tconcept
in the
Concept
t138875005|SNOMED CT Concept|
ShowFormatinline
Gloss
Spacetrue
thierarchy
within the
Specref
RefTypefile
tConcept
. Note that a specific version of a
Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
is not directly bound to a specific version of the
Gloss
Spacetrue
tconcept
to which it applies. Which version of a
Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
applies to a
Gloss
Spacetrue
tconcept
depends on its effectiveTime and the point in time at which it is accessed.

NO

NO

languageCode

Specref
RefType(data type)
tString

Specifies the

Gloss
Spacetrue
tlanguage
of the
Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
text using the two character ISO-639-1 code. Note that this specifies a
Gloss
Spacetrue
tlanguage
level only, not a
Gloss
Spacetrue
tdialect
or country code.

NO

NO

Specref
RefType(field)
ttypeId

Specref
RefType(data type)
tSCTID

Identifies whether the

Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
is
Gloss
Spacetrue
tfully specified name
a
Gloss
Spacetrue
tsynonym
or other
Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
type. This field is set to a
Gloss
Spacetrue
tchild
of
Concept
t900000000000446008|Description type|
ShowFormatinline
in the Metadata
Gloss
thierarchy.

NO

NO

term

Specref
RefType(data type)
tString

The

Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
version's text value, represented in UTF-8 encoding.

YES

NO

Specref
RefType(field)
tcaseSignificanceId

Specref
RefType(data type)
tSCTID

Identifies the

Gloss
Spacetrue
tconcept
enumeration value that represents the case significance of this
Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
version. For example, the term may be completely case sensitive, case insensitive or initial letter case insensitive. This field will be set to a
Gloss
Spacetrue
tchild
of
Concept
t900000000000447004|Case significance|
ShowFormatinline
within the metadata
Gloss
thierarchy.

YES

NO

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Typeend
Namefilespec

Only one

Gloss
Spacetrue
tdescription
record with the same id field will be current at any point in time. The current record will be the one with the most recent
Specref
RefType(field)
teffectiveTime
before or equal to the point in time under consideration.

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