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<NamingSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="v3-snomed-CT"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: v3-snomed-CT</p><p><b>name</b>: SnomedCT</p><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>kind</b>: codesystem</p><p><b>date</b>: Mar 20, 2019, 12:00:00 AM</p><p><b>publisher</b>: IHTSDO</p><p><b>contact</b>: International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation: </p><p><b>responsible</b>: IHTSDO</p><p><b>description</b>: SNOMED CT is a concept-based, scientifically validated terminology that provides a unique and permanent concept identifier that can be included in multiple HL7 data types including CD and CE. The concepts are managed to avoid "semantic drift" so the meaning remains constant. If the concept is found to be ambiguous or the meaning changes, the concept is inactivated but still retained and the identifier is never reused.

SNOMED CT's concepts are interrelated hierarchically and using description logic.

SNOMED CT concepts have a unique "fully-specified name," a preferred term, and, optionally, synonyms. The descriptions include English, Spanish, and German.</p><blockquote><p><b>uniqueId</b></p><p><b>type</b>: oid</p><p><b>value</b>: 2.16.840.1.113883.6.96</p><p><b>preferred</b>: true</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>uniqueId</b></p><p><b>type</b>: uri</p><p><b>value</b>: http://snomed.info/sct</p><p><b>preferred</b>: true</p></blockquote></div>
  </text>
  <extension
             url="http://terminology.hl7.org/StructureDefinition/ext-namingsystem-title">
    <valueString value="SNOMED Clinical Terms"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-NamingSystem.url">
    <valueUri value="http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/v3-snomed-CT"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://terminology.hl7.org/StructureDefinition/ext-namingsystem-version">
    <valueString value="2.0.0"/>
  </extension>
  <name value="SnomedCT"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <kind value="codesystem"/>
  <date value="2019-03-20T00:00:00-04:00"/>
  <publisher value="IHTSDO"/>
  <contact>
    <name
          value="International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation"/>
  </contact>
  <responsible value="IHTSDO"/>
  <description
               value="SNOMED CT is a concept-based, scientifically validated terminology that provides a unique and permanent concept identifier that can be included in multiple HL7 data types including CD and CE. The concepts are managed to avoid &quot;semantic drift&quot; so the meaning remains constant. If the concept is found to be ambiguous or the meaning changes, the concept is inactivated but still retained and the identifier is never reused.

SNOMED CT&#39;s concepts are interrelated hierarchically and using description logic.

SNOMED CT concepts have a unique &quot;fully-specified name,&quot; a preferred term, and, optionally, synonyms. The descriptions include English, Spanish, and German."/>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="oid"/>
    <value value="2.16.840.1.113883.6.96"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
  </uniqueId>
  <uniqueId>
    <type value="uri"/>
    <value value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
    <preferred value="true"/>
  </uniqueId>
</NamingSystem>