Clinical Imaging Procedure Naming Conventions
Almost all imaging procedures can be unambiguously expressed in a number of ways. There is a balance between flexibility in language and efficiency in terminology maintenance. Consequently, all variants for imaging modalities are not routinely included in SNOMED CT. Submissions for additional descriptions must be justified explicitly.
At a minimum, procedures are ordinarily expressed with the modality and body site. Existing content may have inconsistencies, but new content should following the naming conventions that follow.
The use of near synonyms is acceptable for clinical imaging procedures:
For example,
79516005 | Renal arteriography (procedure)| has the synonym renal angiography
726077005 | Computed tomography arteriography of bronchial artery (procedure)| has the synonym CT angiography of bronchial artery
709552006 | Computed tomography angiography of iliac artery (procedure)| has the synonym CT angiogram of iliac artery
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