Standards Releases: SNOMED CT CA Edition & pCLOCD Coming Soon

Infoway will be releasing the September 2023 SNOMED CT CA Edition and updated version pCLOCD on October 2, 2023.

SNOMED CT is the largest and most comprehensive medical terminology in the world. The SNOMED CT CA Edition extends the international edition with Canadian requirements and is maintained and distributed by Canada Health Infoway.

LOINC^® is the largest reference terminology used for Laboratory and Clinical observations in Canada today. The pan-Canadian LOINC Observation Code Database (pCLOCD) is a Canadian constraint of the larger LOINC terminology and includes example pan-Canadian names for jurisdictional lab viewers and recommended units of measure for use in Canada. This upcoming release will include the applicable August 2023 LOINC Version 2.75 international release updates.