Systemized Nomenclature for Medicine: Clinical Terms - Standard code set covering medical terms, procedures and diagnoses maintained by College of American Pathologists. The federal government, through the National Library of Medicine, has signed a contract with CAP for a perpetual license for the core terminology set called SNOMED CT, which stands for Systemized Nomenclature for Medicine: Clinical Terms. The agreement makes SNOMED CT available to IT users in the U.S. at no cost.

Systemized Nomenclature for Medicine ? a nomenclature classification for indexing medical vocabulary, including signs, symptoms, diagnoses, and procedures; defines code standards in a variety of clinical areas, called coding axes. SNOMED can identify procedures and possible answers to clinical questions coded through LOINC.

The Systematised Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary Medicine. A commercially available general medical terminology, initially developed for the classification of pathological specimens. See also: Terminology.

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