September 2023 SNOMED CT US Edition Available for Download

September 2023 SNOMED CT US Edition Available for Download. NLM Tech Bull. 2023 Sep-Oct;(454):b2.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the September 2023 US Edition of SNOMED CT is available for download. This release contains 163 new active concepts specific to the US Extension. The September 2023 US Edition of SNOMED CT is based on the content published in the June 2023 SNOMED CT International Edition and includes any SNOMED CT COVID-19 Related Content published in the June 2023 International Edition.

Please note:

• Due to the move to monthly SNOMED CT International Edition releases, NLM will base the March US Edition of SNOMED CT on the December SNOMED CT International Edition and the September US Edition of SNOMED CT on the June SNOMED CT International Edition. Any changes to this plan will be announced via the NLM SNOMEDCT Announces listserv.
• While the SNOMED CT International Edition has moved to monthly releases, the US Edition of SNOMED CT will remain on the current bi-annual release schedule of March and September.

Announcement - Changes in the September 2023 US Edition Release

1. Deprecation of the ICD10 Exemplar file

• Due to the perceived lack of audience for this file, the US have deprecated it by removing it from the ICD10CM Map Resources package from the September 2023 US Edition release onwards.

2. Deprecation of the Route of Administration reference set from the US Edition release package

• The Route of Administration refset is being deprecated from the US Edition release package, as of the September 2023 US Edition release onwards.
• The concept "442311000124105 |Route of administration reference set (foundation metadata concept)|" + relates components (including the refsetDescriptor record) will remain active, however all 144 records that comprise this refset will be inactivated in the SimpleRefset file: der2_Refset_SimpleSnapshot_US1000124_20230901.txt
• In order to preserve the historical audit trail within the US Edition release package, the records will be inactivated (set the "active=0") rather than being deleted from the package completely.
• The Route of Administration reference set is still accessible as an intensional value set in the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC): https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/valueset/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1018.98/expansion

To download the above releases, you must agree to the UMLS Metathesaurus License and have a UMLS Terminology Services login. To learn more about the license and to sign up for an account, please see the SNOMED CT License page for additional information. Any inquiries may be sent to NLM Customer Support.

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