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NIC (Nursing Interventions Classification) - Source Representation


This page lists specific source data elements and provides information on their representation in the UMLS Metathesaurus.

VSAB:NIC7

Summary of Changes:

The source data file format has changed significantly, but the UMLS Metathesaurus representation is the same as the previous version.
NLM received an Access (.mdb) database containing five tables:
  • Activities
  • Class
  • Domains
  • Interventions
  • References
Table Name Field Name Representation
Activities oCode Used to create hierarchy (Intervention is parent of Activity)
Activities alpha N/A
Activities iNumber N/A
Activities Description MRCONSO.STR; TTY = AC; CODE, SCUI = MTHU# assigned during Metathesaurus source processing
Activities Retired N/A
Activities ReasonRet N/A
Activities iKey N/A>
Class ClassCode MRCONSO.CODE, SCUI
Class oCode N/A
Class Description MRCONSO.STR; TTY = HC
Class definition MRDEF.DEF
Domains DomainNum MRCONSO.CODE, SCUI
Domains Description MRCONSO.STR; TTY = HT; "(NIC Domain)" is appended to the description to disambiguate the string
Domains Definition MRDEF.DEF
Interventions Code MRCONSO.CODE, SCUI
Interventions Label NRCONSO.STR; TTY = IV
Interventions alphaorder N/A
Interventions Definition MRDEF.DEF
Interventions Domain Used to build hierarchy: Domain --> Class --> Intervention --> Activity
Interventions Class Used to build hierarchy: Domain --> Class --> Intervention --> Activity
Interventions footnote N/A
Interventions header N/A
References oCode Intervention code for REF attribute
References alpha N/A
References Reference MRSAT.ATN = REF
References rkey N/A