---
id: "snomedcode"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["medical"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 90
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/snomedcode"
---

# SNOMED CT concept code (`snomedcode`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Identifier of a concept in SNOMED CT, the clinical terminology of SNOMED International: a number of 6 to 18 digits whose last digit is a Verhoeff check digit.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Medical/pharma identifiers (medical)
- Countries: global
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[1-9]\d{5,17}$
```

## Examples

- `64859006` — osteoporosis
- `267718000` — age related macular degeneration
- `464035001` — orthokeratology

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `snomedct`
- wikidata: `P5806`

## Metacrafter rules

2 rules: 1 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `ensnomedfield` (field, `en/en_med.yaml`)
- `ensnomedvalue` (data, `en/en_med.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metacrafter`

## Sources

- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5806>

## Quality

Score 90/100. Missing: negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/snomedcode.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/medical/snomedcode.yaml>