SNOMED

SNOMED-CT

SNOMEDConcept

Holds one SNOMED concept. Its properties and methods:

term

Property, uses SNOMEDLookup().lookup_code_meaning(self.code) to lazily fetch the concept's term.

cpt = SNOMEDConcept('215350009')
print('SNOMED code "{0}":  {1}'.format(cpt.code, cpt.term))

isa()

A method to check whether the concept has the given concept as a (direct or indirect) parent. This looks at the 'isa' relationship (concept 116680003).

cpt = SNOMEDConcept('315004001')
for other in ['128462008', '363346000', '55342001', '215350009']:
    print('SNOMED code "{0}" refines "{1}":  {2}'
        .format(cpt.code, other, cpt.isa(other)))

Importer

The importer requires the Release Format 2 (RF2) files, but works with both international and US releases.