SNOMED CT-AU 31 July 2025 release note
Jul 25, 2025
Release summary: SNOMED CT-AU v20250731
Clinical terminology v20250731
This release is maintained against the July 2025 SNOMED CT International Edition.
The LOINC release version available from the National Terminology Server is version 2.80.
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/20250731
Inclusions
This release contains the following content, accessible from the NCTS website:
| Status | Name and version |
|---|---|
| New | SNOMED CT-AU 31 July 2025 (RF2 FULL) |
| New | SNOMED CT-AU 31 July 2025 (RF2 SNAPSHOT) |
| New | SNOMED CT-AU 31 July 2025 (RF2 ALL) |
| New | SNOMED CT-AU Release Note 31 July 2025 (this document) |
| New | AMT CSV 20250731 |
| New | AMT TSV 20250731 |
| New | FHIR Code Systems v20250731 |
| New | TSV format reference sets v20250731 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AMT | Requested Content | In addition to the modelling of new products, based on the 1 August 2025 PBS and RPBS schedule, a number of other products have been modelled in this release. |
| SCT-AU | Requested Content | Request submissions for new concepts and descriptions have been added in this release from Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. |
| AMT | IHIN Update | As part of the NCTS July 2025 release, updates have been made to the Australian Medicines Terminology (AMT) to reflect the end of the extended Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) International Harmonisation of Ingredient Names (IHIN) dual labelling period, which concluded on 30 April 2025. The following ingredient names have been updated to their sole names, consistent with international naming conventions: – Dosulepin hydrochloride – Hydroxycarbamide – Tetracaine – Tetracaine hydrochloride – Trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride For more information, please refer to the TGA website: Dual-labelled medicine ingredient names transition to sole names – TGA |
Future changes
| Terminology | Category/ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SCT-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. |
Upcoming releases
The upcoming release schedule will be as follows:
- Wednesday 27 August 2025
- Friday 26 September 2025
- Wednesday 29 October 2025