256474000
substanceAlginate dental impression material
Concept
FSNAlginate dental impression material (substance)
PreferredAlginate dental impression material
StatusActive
Effective20020131
Cross-maps
UMLSC0180350
Synonyms
No additional synonyms recorded.
# same page, as API
GET api.autoicdapi.com/v1/reference/snomed-ct/256474000
GET api.autoicdapi.com/v1/translate?code=256474000&from=snomed&to=icd-10
SNOMED CT 256474000, plainly answered
What is SNOMED CT code 256474000?
SNOMED CT concept 256474000 is "Alginate dental impression material" (FSN: Alginate dental impression material (substance)). It sits in the substance semantic tag.
Which ICD-10 codes does SNOMED CT 256474000 map to?
No direct ICD-10-CM mapping is recorded for Alginate dental impression material 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 256474000?
Alginate dental impression material is grouped under UMLS CUI C0180350. UMLS CUIs let you bridge between SNOMED CT and other terminologies (ICD-10, ICD-11, LOINC, RxNorm).
What semantic tag is SNOMED CT 256474000 in?
Alginate dental impression material 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).
What is SNOMED CT?
SNOMED CT is the world's most comprehensive clinical terminology, with around 350,000 active concepts covering diseases, findings, procedures, body structures, and substances. It is the recommended terminology for EHR problem lists in many countries.
How does SNOMED CT relate to ICD-10?
SNOMED CT describes clinical meaning. ICD-10 (and ICD-10-CM) describes billing categories. The SNOMED to ICD-10-CM map (maintained by NLM) gives one or more ICD codes per SNOMED concept. We expose those mappings on each concept page and through the cross_references field on the API.
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