SNOMED CT Clinical finding

Concepts in this hierarchy represent the result of a clinical observation, assessment or judgment, and include both normal and abnormal clinical states.

Examples of Clinical finding concepts:

Clear sputum (finding)
Normal breath sounds (finding)
Poor posture (finding)

The Clinical finding hierarchy contains the sub-hierarchy of Disease. Concepts that are descendatns of Disease (or disorder) are always and necessarily abnormal clinical states. Multi-axial subtype hierarchies allow disease to be subtypes of other disorders as well as subtypes of findings.

Examples of Disease concepts:

Tuberculosis (disorder)
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (disorder)



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About SNOMED CT SNOMED CT Components Use of SNOMED CT SNOMED CT Hierarchies Clinical finding/disorder Procedure Observable entity Body Structure Organism Substance Pharmaceutical/biologic product Specimen Physical object Physical force Event Environments and geographic locations Social context Staging and scales Linkage concept Qualifier value Special concept Record Artifact Adoption of SNOMED CT Different Languages Outputs Release of SNOMED CT Licensing Namespaces History of SNOMED CT Request Submission Quality Assurance Tooling	SNOMED CT Clinical finding Concepts in this hierarchy represent the result of a clinical observation, assessment or judgment, and include both normal and abnormal clinical states. Examples of Clinical finding concepts: Clear sputum (finding) Normal breath sounds (finding) Poor posture (finding) The Clinical finding hierarchy contains the sub-hierarchy of Disease. Concepts that are descendatns of Disease (or disorder) are always and necessarily abnormal clinical states. Multi-axial subtype hierarchies allow disease to be subtypes of other disorders as well as subtypes of findings. Examples of Disease concepts: Tuberculosis (disorder) Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (disorder)