SNOMED International Briefing Note on Content Improvements in the Substance and Product Hierarchies

SNOMED International has published a February 2020 briefing note with more detailed information related to the retirement of concepts in the “Allergy to substance” sub-hierarchy. All briefing notes on the Substance and Product hierarchies can be found on the Drugs Project group’s Confluence page.

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Here is the a link to a briefing note on a proposal from the Allergies/Hypersensitivity and Intolerance Clinical Reference Group for retiring allergy/pseudoallergy grouper concepts in the Substance hierarchy: drive.google.com/file/d/1A43KLnuboOflS3-kNFnS6dxza8_OLCb5/view

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