Data type: CD : Concept_descriptor

Description of: CD : Concept_descriptor

A concept descriptor communicates a real world concept (such as a finding or a diagnosis). A given concept may be expressed in multiple terms where each term is a translation of some other term, or is a (re-)encoding of the original human readable text.

Component definitions for: CD : Concept_descriptor

original_text :: ED

This is the original text or phrase entered by a clinician that was the basis for the initial coding. This can also be the text that was displayed to the clinician in a selection menu and thus was the basis for the selection of the particular initial code term in the set of translations.

translations :: SET<CDXL>

These are the translations or quasi-synonyms of one real world concept. Every translation in the set is supposed to "say the same thing in different words." The translations in the set form one directed graph that is fully connected.