top level concept

top level concept

A concept that is directly related to the root concept by a subtype relationship.

Notes

• All other concepts are subtype descendants of at least one top level concept.

Examples

• The list below shows the top level concept in the 2019-01-31 SNOMED CT International Release.

138875005 |SNOMED CT Concept| ⬅︎ The root concept 123037004 |Body structure| 404684003 |Clinical finding| 308916002 |Environment or geographical location| 272379006 |Event| 363787002 |Observable entity| 410607006 |Organism| 373873005 |Pharmaceutical / biologic product| 78621006 |Physical force| 260787004 |Physical object| 71388002 |Procedure| 362981000 |Qualifier value| 419891008 |Record artifact| 243796009 |Situation with explicit context| 48176007 |Social context| 370115009 |Special concept| 123038009 |Specimen| 254291000 |Staging and scales| 105590001 |Substance| 900000000000441003 |SNOMED CT Model Component|

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• Root concept

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