The Concept types and API provide a hierarchical, multi-parented model of medical terminology.
ConceptInfo
- Describes a concept.
- id
- Unique identifier of the concept.
- name
Most appropriate name for the concept. The name can vary depending on the context. The context is specified by the domain and expertise arguments provided to the concept API.
- synonyms
- A list of known synonyms for the concept.
- definition
- A preferred definition of the concept. May also be context-dependent.
ConceptFamily
- Describes the neighborhood of concepts around a source concept. Larger sections of the concept taxonomy may be obtained using the hierarchy API function.
- id
- Unique identifier of the concept.
- rootPaths
- Enumerates all paths from this concept to a root of the hierarchy. The rootPaths are encoded as a single list of concept ids. Each path starts with the id of the concept being described.
- siblings
- Ids of concepts which share a parent with this concept.
- children
- Direct children of this concept.
SubsetInfo
The SubsetInfo structure describes a segment of the concept model containing concepts with similar semantic meaning.
- name
- Unique name for the subset
- displayName
- Presentation name