> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.snomed.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.snomed.org/snomed-ct-user-guides/snomed-ct-browser-guide/how-to/browse-snomed-ct-international-edition-concepts.md).

# Browse SNOMED CT International Edition concepts

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| <p><strong>EITHER</strong><br>Within the International Editions section of the landing page, press <code>Go browsing... International Edition</code> (the date stamp shows the current latest Published version of the SNOMED CT International English Edition)<br></p><p><strong>OR</strong><br>Select <code>International Edition</code> from the header bar <code>Release</code> drop-down selector:<br></p><div><figure><img src="/files/HIjOp3rLAyi1RpqImvpK" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | <div><figure><img src="/files/U2MvwasTptwtirA0q9kY" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                          |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                     |
| <p>The SCT Browser <em>Full</em> perspective is presented, with the following primary content panels:<br></p><ul><li><p><strong>Page header</strong> containing:<br></p><ul><li><code>Site Title</code> (link back to the SCT Browser Landing Page).</li><li><code>Release: Edition</code> drop-down selector.</li><li><code>Version</code> drop-down selector.</li><li><code>Perspective</code> drop-down selector.</li><li><code>Feedback</code> button.</li><li><code>About</code> drop-down sub-menu (links to SNOMED International Privacy policy, GitHub open source code repository, SNOMED International website Tooling page, and SNOMED International website Home page).</li><li><code>Language</code> drop-down selector (SCT Browser presentation content labeling only - SNOMED CT content language depends on the selected edition), with Spanish as the default selection.</li><li><code>SNOMED International brand mark</code> (link to the SNOMED International website Home page).</li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Left-hand navigation and browsing context panel</strong> with the following context tabs:<br></p><ul><li><code>Taxonomy</code> - supporting a hierarchical browsing view of SNOMED CT based on proximal parent is-a relationships.</li><li><code>Search</code> - supporting text based content querying with filtering by query word order, concept status, description type and language refset.</li><li><code>Favorites</code> - supporting "starring" of particular concepts for personalised subsequent rapid viewing.</li><li><code>Refset</code> - supporting browsing of SNOMED CT reference set members.</li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Right-hand content panel</strong> , with tabs for:<br></p><ul><li><code>Concept Details</code> (with sub-panel tabbed navigation for <code>Summary</code>, <code>Details</code>, <code>Diagram</code>, <code>Expression</code>, <code>Refsets</code>, <code>Members</code>, <code>History</code> and <code>References</code> related to the currently in-focus concept) in either the <code>Stated</code> or <code>Inferred</code> model view.</li><li><code>Expression Constraint Queries</code> - supporting advanced querying of SNOMED CT content using the <em>Expression Constraint Language (ECL)</em>.<br></li></ul></li></ul><p>The <em>Full</em> perspective first opens to the <em>Search</em> tab in the left-hand context panel, with the <em>Concept Details - Summary</em> tab for <a href="http://snomed.info/id/404684003">404684003 | Clinical finding (finding)                                                                                                                                                                             | </a> shown in the right-hand content panel.<br></p><p>The detault presentation language is English (en-US), and the concept details default to showing the US English language reference set FSN and synonyms.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                             | <div><figure><img src="/files/YUYC422zwzgjteZ1CHTi" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div><figure><img src="/files/PgpZhVXXwnz4wBRUv5F7" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> |                                                                                          |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                     |
| Press the Taxonomy tab in the left-hand panel to show a hierarchical representation of SNOMED CT concepts.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | <div><figure><img src="/files/mNUJwVtrgSPVDVofEFsx" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                          |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                     |
| <p>The left-hand content panel changes focus to the Taxonomy view, showing an expandable/collapsible tree navigator of SNOMED CT concepts.<br></p><p>This can be considered as an "inverted tree", expanding outwards and downwards from the "root" concept <a href="http://snomed.info/id/138875005">138875005                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | SNOMED CT Concept (SNOMED RT+CTV3)                                                                                                                                                                     | </a>.<br></p><p>When first opened, the Taxonomy is presented with <a href="http://snomed.info/id/404684003">404684003                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Clinical finding (finding)                                                                                                                                                                             | </a> as its focus concept, which has <a href="http://snomed.info/id/138875005">138875005 | SNOMED CT Concept (SNOMED RT+CTV3) | </a> as its parent.<br></p><p>The focus concept is the second topmost entry, with its parent as the topmost, and its children concepts expanded below it.<br></p><p>Each child node is initially shown "collapsed", so only immediate descendants of the focus concept are visible.<br></p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p><strong>SNOMED CD is a directed graph of concepts</strong><br></p><p>Although the linear <code>Taxonony</code> is a convenient tool to browse SNOMED CT concepts via a two-dimensional tree view, it is a simplified representation based on the "proximal primitive parent" <em>Is a</em> Axiom relationships between concepts.</p></div> | <div><figure><img src="/files/931reON3AEOgkogrD8j4" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> |
| <p>Each concept entry in the Taxonomy view has a Definition Status icon followed by the concept FSN.<br></p><p>Press a concept entry once to load it into the right-hand panel as its focus concept.<.p></p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | <div><figure><img src="/files/iamTYOZPZTNXbgEs0gA8" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                          |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                     |
| <p>Double-press a concept entry to re-focus the Taxonomy view on that concept.<br></p><p>The tree navigator changes to only show the concept entry with its parent concept above and children below.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | <div><figure><img src="/files/s9954dsbryVhTWSXQ7G1" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                          |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                     |
| <p>To navigate around the concepts, use the blue icon buttons to the left of each concept entry.<br></p><ul><li><i class="fa-caret-up">:caret-up:</i> moves focus "up" the (inverted) tree<br>(if the topmost concept is not <a href="http://snomed.info/id/138875005">138875005                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | SNOMED CT Concept (SNOMED RT+CTV3)                                                                                                                                                                     | </a> - if it is then no changes are made).</li><li><i class="fa-caret-right">:caret-right:</i> expands the tree to show the children of a concept.</li><li><i class="fa-caret-down">:caret-down:</i> collapses the tree to hide the children of a concept.</li><li><i class="fa-minus">:minus:</i> indicates a "leaf" node in the tree - a concept that has no descendants (so no changes are made).</li></ul> | <div><figure><img src="/files/2q2WR6UVp2x35MDzxJKx" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>                                                                                                    |                                                                                          |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                     |
| Expanding a concept with descendants.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | <div><figure><img src="/files/q0UkztaUQAnOa7MyZWck" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div><figure><img src="/files/2GuDXFhTIEOTfheqzC05" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                          |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                     |
| Expanding a previously hidden concept with descendants.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | <div><figure><img src="/files/TsfyjUTD2gXd1sIbyePn" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div><figure><img src="/files/VP9OGNk5vxd956ppN6Fj" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                          |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                     |
| Collapsing a concept to hide its descendants.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | <div><figure><img src="/files/UGKeejaUUWVEw2Uv9BHL" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div><figure><img src="/files/Y0CesH8YzXLrMbiisNXU" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                          |                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                     |

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