Semantic tags are part of FSN descriptions. They are placed in parentheses at the end of FSNs when authoring concepts. They indicate the domain to which a concept belongs. For example, body structure, disorder, or specimen.
The purpose of semantic tags is to disambiguate concepts which have the same commonly used word or phrase.
For example,
- Hematoma (morphologic abnormality)
- Hematoma (disorder)
The following table contains the semantic tags for each domain.
Domain | Semantic tags |
Body structure (body structure) |
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Clinical finding (finding) |
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Environment or geographical location (environment / location) |
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Event (event) |
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Observable entity (observable entity) |
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Organism (organism) |
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Pharmaceutical / biologic product (product) |
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Physical force (physical force) |
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Physical object (physical object) |
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Procedure (procedure) |
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Qualifier value (qualifier value) |
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Record artifact (record artifact) |
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Situation with explicit context (situation) |
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SNOMED CT Model Component (metadata) |
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Social context (social concept) |
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Special concept (special concept) |
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Specimen (specimen) |
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Staging and scales (staging scales) |
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Substance (substance) |
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