Special Concept
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.
Inactive concept
Navigational concept
363664003 | Erroneous concept (inactive concept) |
394899003 | Oral administration of treatment (navigational concept) |
Inactive concepts
Inactive concepts are no longer active in the terminology. When the first release format (RF1) was used, inactivated content was moved into this hierarchy. However, this approach is no longer used in the current release format (RF2).
Navigational concepts
The concepts in navigational hierarchies are used for structured data entry and support the location of concepts in hierarchies. They can order data by priority or another convention (e.g. cranial nerve order or topics related to diabetes). Navigational concepts exist only to support navigation.
NO LONGER SUPPORTED IN SNOMED CT CORE
Navigational concepts:
Are not suitable for recording or aggregating information
Are direct subtypes of the concept 363743006 | Navigational concept (navigational concept) |
Have no other supertype or subtype relationships
Are linked to other concepts only by navigational links
For more information on navigational concepts, click here.
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