SNOMED CT-AU 30 April 2023 release note
Apr 21, 2023
Release summary: SNOMED CT-AU v20230430
Clinical terminology v20230430
This release is maintained against the January 2023 SNOMED CT International Edition.
Identifying the version of this release of SNOMED CT-AU
When using codes from this release (for example, in clinical documents, maps, or terminology servers) the following string should be used to identify the version of this release:
http://snomed.info/sct/32506021000036107/version/20230430
Inclusions
This release contains the following content, accessible from the NCTS website:
| Status | Name and version |
|---|---|
| New | SNOMED CT-AU 30 April 2023 (RF2 FULL) |
| New | SNOMED CT-AU 30 April 2023 (RF2 SNAPSHOT) |
| New | SNOMED CT-AU 30 April 2023 (RF2 DELTA) |
| New | SNOMED CT-AU 30 April 2023 (RF2 ALL) |
| New | SNOMED CT-AU Release Note 30 April 2023 (this document) |
| New | AMT CSV 20230430 |
| New | FHIR Value Sets v20230430 |
| New | TSV format reference sets v20230430 |
| New | SNOMED CT-AU Change Reports CSV v20230430 Note: if there are no changes for the month only the header row will appear in the file. |
Change summary
This section summarises the changes in this release and provides notice about planned future work. Changes made to resolve data issues will be listed if the potential impact on systems or patient care exceeds a threshold determined by an internal risk matrix assessment.
For more information about any of these changes, please contact help@digitalhealth.gov.au.
Content
| Terminology | Category/ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SNOMED CT‑AU | Requested content | Request submissions for new concepts and descriptions have been added in this release from The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). |
| AMT | Requested content | In addition to the modelling of new products, based on the 1 May 2023 PBS and RPBS schedule, a number of other products have been modelled in this release. |
| AMT | Third party reference set | List of Medicines for Brand Consideration reference set Developed for the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care to support the Active Ingredient Prescribing initiative, this reference set has been updated for tighter alignment with the published lists. Please refer to the Department of Health and Aged Care website – Active ingredient prescribing. |
Future changes
| Terminology | Category/ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SNOMED CT‑AU | EDRS | With the release of the new Australian emergency department reference set as of January 2019, there are plans to deprecate the original Emergency Department Reference (EDRS) set in a forthcoming release. Current users of the EDRS will be consulted prior to confirming the deprecation date. |
| AMT | IHIN | The TGA has provided notification that dual labelled medicines will begin transition to sole medicine ingredient names from 1 May 2023. Maintenance of AMT substances that have been identified as a part of this first round of transition, and the descriptions for concepts that reference these substances, will be updated over a number of NCTS releases commencing with the NCTS May 2023 release. A second round of transition is expected in 2025. Please refer to the notification on the TGA website – Dual labelled medicine ingredient names start the transition to sole names on 30 April 2023 . |
Upcoming releases
The upcoming release schedule will be as follows:
- Friday 26 May 2023
- Tuesday 27 June 2023
- Thursday 27 July 2023