This Editorial Guide is used for Education Purposes Only. It is used in the Authoring Courses and Certifications. It is based on the January 2026 Editorial Guide.
Adding further concepts to the iatrogenic disorder hierarchy is discouraged. Concepts must have iatrogenic in the FSN to be modeled with an IS_A relationship to 12456005 |Iatrogenic disorder (disorder)|. An iatrogenic disorder should remain as a primitive concept if dependent only upon parent relationships to describe the disorder. In cases where the modeling is explicit, e.g. 202762009 |Iatrogenic cervical spinal stenosis (disorder)|, the concept can be defined.
For example,
Figure: Stated view of |Iatrogenic cervical spinal stenosis (disorder)| using IS_A 12456005 |Iatrogenic disorder (disorder)|
