SI – Inactivation impact of initial and follow-up assessments

Hello,

The SNOMED International Content team is seeking feedback on the potential impact of inactivating initial and follow-up procedures.

Labelling an assessment as initial or follow-up may prove valuable in scheduling a clinician's time; however, the meaning itself is ambiguous. Is the assessment initial relative to the patient, for each specific condition a patient has, for the physician, for a healthcare enterprise, etc.?

For more details and to see the list of concepts in scope for this update, please see the attached briefing note .

Please provide use cases, if any, that may prove sufficient to maintain a distinction between initial/first and subsequent/follow-up assessments in contrast to using an assessment concept that is not qualified with these terms.

If no sufficient use cases are provided for these concepts, the concepts will be inactivated with a target to an assessment concept that is not qualified with these terms.

Use cases and feedback can be provided via this forum before April 25.

Thank you,