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C1276521

T4: Oral Cavity: Tumor invades adjacent structures (cortical bone, deep (extrinsic) muscle of tongue, maxillary sinus, skin)

Concept
CUIC1276521
PreferredT4: Oral Cavity: Tumor invades adjacent structures (cortical bone, deep (extrinsic) muscle of tongue, maxillary sinus, skin)
Cross-maps
SNOMED369870003
Source vocabularies

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# same page, as API
GET api.autoicdapi.com/v1/reference/umls/C1276521
GET api.autoicdapi.com/v1/translate?code=C1276521&from=umls&to=snomed-ct

Common questions

What is the UMLS CUI for T4: Oral Cavity: Tumor invades adjacent structures (cortical bone, deep (extrinsic) muscle of tongue, maxillary sinus, skin)?

T4: Oral Cavity: Tumor invades adjacent structures (cortical bone, deep (extrinsic) muscle of tongue, maxillary sinus, skin) is coded as C1276521 in UMLS.

What is UMLS code C1276521?

C1276521 is the UMLS identifier for T4: Oral Cavity: Tumor invades adjacent structures (cortical bone, deep (extrinsic) muscle of tongue, maxillary sinus, skin). It is included in the current NLM UMLS Metathesaurus release.

What is the SNOMED CT mapping for C1276521?

C1276521 maps to SNOMED CT 369870003.

UMLS, plainly answered

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