The SNOMED CT United States (US) Edition is the official source of SNOMED CT for use in US healthcare systems. The US Edition is a standalone release that combines the content of both the US Extension and the International releases of SNOMED CT. NLM distributes the US Edition of SNOMED CT to licensed individuals via the UMLS Terminology Services. Please see the Licensing page to learn more about licensing and how to register to obtain an Affiliate License.
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Current US Edition Release
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March 2024
Version: 20240301
Release Date: March 1, 2024
The March 2024 SNOMED CT United States (US) Edition release is now available for download. This release contains 122 new active concepts specific to the US Extension. The March 2024 US Edition of SNOMED CT is based on the content published in the January 2024 SNOMED CT International Edition and includes any SNOMED CT COVID-19 Related Content published in the January 2024 SNOMED CT International Edition. This latest version of the US Edition also includes the SNOMED CT to ICD-10-CM reference set, with over 126,000 SNOMED CT source concepts mapped to ICD-10-CM targets.
Please note - While the SNOMED CT International Edition has moved to monthly releases, the US Edition of SNOMED CT will remain on the current bi-annual release schedule of March and September.
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Announcement - Changes in the March 2024 US Edition release
Deprecation of the Route of administration reference set from the US Edition release package
The Route of Administration refset is being deprecated from the US Edition release package, as of the September 2023 US Edition release onwards.
The concept "442311000124105 |Route of administration reference set (foundation metadata concept)|" + relates components (including the refsetDescriptor record) will remain active, however all 144 records that comprise this refset will be inactivated in the SimpleRefset file: der2_Refset_SimpleSnapshot_US1000124_20230901.txt
In order to preserve the historical audit trail within the US Edition release package, the records will be inactivated (set the "active=0") rather than being deleted from the package completely.
The Route of Administration reference set is still accessible as an intensional value set in the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC): https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/valueset/2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1018.98/expansion
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Last Reviewed: April 7, 2020