Vocabulary for SpecimenTypeSnCT

Code System Id

2.16.840.1.113883.2.1.3.2.4.15

Version: 1.0
Status: active
Date: 2004-06-25

Description

Assigned OID: the SnomedCT OID, qv the link below

A type of specimen taken from a person for subsequent analysis, e.g. a blood sample a breast tissue biopsy, a cervical smear

A code taken from SNOMED CT.

The code shall describe a kind of specimen taken from a person for subsequent analysis

A code from Snomed-CT (UK) may be accompanied by additional qualifying codes from the same coding system.

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