SNOMED CT · substance · 15882002

15882002

substance

n-Butyric acid

Concept
FSNn-Butyric acid (substance)
Preferredn-Butyric acid
StatusActive
Effective20020131
Cross-maps
RxNorm1362696
Synonyms

No additional synonyms recorded.

# same page, as API
GET api.autoicdapi.com/v1/reference/snomed-ct/15882002
GET api.autoicdapi.com/v1/translate?code=15882002&from=snomed&to=icd-10

SNOMED CT 15882002, plainly answered

What is SNOMED CT code 15882002?
SNOMED CT concept 15882002 is "n-Butyric acid" (FSN: n-Butyric acid (substance)). It sits in the substance semantic tag.
Which ICD-10 codes does SNOMED CT 15882002 map to?
No direct ICD-10-CM mapping is recorded for n-Butyric acid in this build. SNOMED CT and ICD-10 do not always have one-to-one mappings; some concepts only map through UMLS or remain unmapped.
What is the UMLS CUI for SNOMED CT 15882002?
n-Butyric acid is grouped under UMLS CUI C0054312. UMLS CUIs let you bridge between SNOMED CT and other terminologies (ICD-10, ICD-11, LOINC, RxNorm).
Does SNOMED CT 15882002 link to RxNorm?
n-Butyric acid is linked to RxNorm code 1362696, useful when reconciling medication concepts with their normalized clinical drug records.
What semantic tag is SNOMED CT 15882002 in?
n-Butyric acid is in the SNOMED CT "substance" semantic tag. Semantic tags partition the terminology by what kind of clinical idea each concept represents (finding, disorder, procedure, body structure, substance, and so on).
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