Namespaces

Namespace Concept

Hierarchy	370136006 | Namespace concept|
Purpose	Each concept in this subhierarchy represents an allocated SNOMED CT extension namespace.
Examples	373872000 | Core Namespace| 370137002 | Extension Namespace 1000000| 370138007 | Extension Namespace 1000001| 384597007 | Extension Namespace 1000002| 413335000 | Extension Namespace 1000003|
Concept Addition Rules	No new subtype children or descendants may be added in an extension. Namespaces concepts can only be created by SNOMED International to represent allocated namespace identifiers.

Please see the section on Logical Design for a further introduction to namespaces.

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