CH Term (R4)
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This page is part of the CH Term (R4) (v3.2.0: STU) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Guidance

SNOMED CT Swiss Extension

Within the EPR, SNOMED CT is used for the metadata and in the exchange formats, see here.
SNOMED CT is designed so that the International Edition can be complemented by creating extensions to meet national or local requirements. Since December 2021, the Swiss Extension is available and includes translations in German, French and Italian.

The guidance for Switzerland is that the version element should only be added when using codes from the Swiss extension.
The following section illustrates the usage in value sets exemplarily. For the usage in instances , see the corresponding guidance in CH Core.

Usage in Value Sets

To illustrate how the SNOMED CT codes (international vs. Swiss extension) are used in value sets, examples of CH Term are shown below.

SNOMED CT international: 17621005 "Normal (qualifier value)"

ValueSet.compose.include of the ValueSet DocumentEntry.confidentialityCode:

"compose" : {
  "include" : [
    {
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "concept" : [
        {
          "code" : "17621005",
          "display" : "Normal (qualifier value)"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

 

SNOMED CT Swiss extension: 1141000195107 "Secret (qualifier value)"

ValueSet.compose.include of the ValueSet DocumentEntry.confidentialityCode:

"compose" : {
  "include" : [
    {
      "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
      "version" : "http://snomed.info/sct/2011000195101",
      "concept" : [
        {
          "code" : "1141000195107",
          "display" : "Secret (qualifier value)",
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}