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)