SNOMED CT · event · 218173008

218173008

event

Accident caused by industrial electrical conductors

Concept
FSNAccident caused by industrial electrical conductors (event)
PreferredAccident caused by industrial electrical conductors
StatusActive
Effective20020131
Cross-maps
ICD-10W86
ICD-10W86.1XX?
Synonyms

No additional synonyms recorded.

# same page, as API
GET api.autoicdapi.com/v1/reference/snomed-ct/218173008
GET api.autoicdapi.com/v1/translate?code=218173008&from=snomed&to=icd-10

SNOMED CT 218173008, plainly answered

What is SNOMED CT code 218173008?
SNOMED CT concept 218173008 is "Accident caused by industrial electrical conductors" (FSN: Accident caused by industrial electrical conductors (event)). It sits in the event semantic tag.
Which ICD-10 codes does SNOMED CT 218173008 map to?
Accident caused by industrial electrical conductors maps to 2 ICD-10 codes: W86, W86.1XX?.
What is the UMLS CUI for SNOMED CT 218173008?
Accident caused by industrial electrical conductors is grouped under UMLS CUI C0418207. UMLS CUIs let you bridge between SNOMED CT and other terminologies (ICD-10, ICD-11, LOINC, RxNorm).
What semantic tag is SNOMED CT 218173008 in?
Accident caused by industrial electrical conductors is in the SNOMED CT "event" 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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