What is SNOMED CT?

SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) is a comprehensive clinical terminology that makes healthcare information accessible and usable throughout the world. It provides a “common language” comprised of concepts, terms and relationships that enables a consistent way of capturing, sharing and aggregating health data across clinical specialties and sites of care.

SNOMED CT® resulted from the merge of SNOMED® Reference Terminology (SNOMED® RT) developed by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and Clinical Terms Version 3 (CTV3) developed by the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom. As a comprehensive clinical reference terminology, it enables clinicians, researchers and patients to share comparable data while facilitating enhanced health reporting, billing and statistical analysis.

Course Description

This course is designed to provide you with background knowledge of how SNOMED CT was developed, its purposes, and how it will be used in the electronic health record. For a clearer understanding, the course provides an overview of key terminology, acronyms, and abbreviations associated with SNOMED CT. No previous knowledge of SNOMED CT is required for this course so it is an excellent course as a basic introduction to the largest international database of medical terminology.

*This course was updated in December 2019. 

Objectives

• Define key terms, acronyms, and abbreviations associated with SNOMED CT.
• Differentiate between terminologies and classifications and demonstrate an understanding of how they are interrelated.
• Gain insight into the history of SNOMED CT and how it evolved.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the current status of SNOMED CT, including the location and purpose of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO).
• Explain how coder roles will change with the implementation of SNOMED CT in the electronic health record.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic components and structure of SNOMED CT.
• Evaluate your skills through chapter quizzes (10 multiple choice questions for 4 chapters), plus a Final Test consisting of 20 multiple-choice questions.
• If you receive a score of 70% or higher on this course's Final Test (50 questions), you will earn the CEUs for this course. If you do not pass, you will not receive the CEUs. Because the answers are provided upon submission, the course cannot be repeated.

About the Instructors

Janis L. Huston, PhD, MEd, RHIA
Health Information Management Consultant
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
United Kingdom

Dr. Georg Brox, MIHM
Clinical Advisor and Terminology Consultant
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
United Kingdom

Dr. Huston and Dr. Brox reside in the United Kingdom and both have extensive healthcare consulting experience with a recent emphasis on SNOMED CT.

Click here to register for this course!

Cost: $100 Members / $140 Non-Members
4 AHIMA CEUs*
Domain: Data Structure, Content and Information Governance

*AHIMA CEUs are also accepted by the AAPC! Check eligibility on the AAPC website.