Other terminologies and third party content
We provide access to Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), other terminologies and third party content to support digital health and clinical data sharing alongside SNOMED CT-AU. This allows you to access terminology from a single source to streamline how your applications interact with terminology.
Third party reference sets
We provide access to the following third party reference sets as part of the SNOMED CT-AU monthly release. If you’d like further information about the content and how to use it, please contact the owners.
| Reference set | Owner |
|---|---|
| ACT Reportable Schedule 4 medications reference set | ACT Health |
| List of Excluded Medicinal Items reference set | Australian Government Department of Health |
| List of Medicines for Brand Consideration reference set | Australian Government Department of Health |
| New South Wales Reportable Schedule 4 medications reference set | NSW Ministry of Health |
| Northern Territory Reportable Schedule 4 medications reference set | Northern Territory Government Department of Health |
| NSW Emergency Department reference set | NSW Ministry of Health |
| NSW Osteoporotic Refracture Prevention program reference set | NSW Ministry of Health |
| Queensland allied health assessment reference set | The Allied Health Professions’ Office of Queensland |
| Queensland allied health clinical finding reference set | The Allied Health Professions’ Office of Queensland |
| Queensland allied health indicator for intervention reference set | The Allied Health Professions’ Office of Queensland |
| Queensland allied health intervention reference set | The Allied Health Professions’ Office of Queensland |
| Queensland Health QScript Schedule 4 monitored medicines reference set | Queensland Health |
| RCPA SPIA Requesting Pathology Terminology reference set | Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
| Royal Australasian College of Surgeons MALT surgical procedure reference set | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
| South Australia reportable Schedule 4 trade medications reference set | SA Health, Government of South Australia |
| Tasmania reportable Schedule 4 trade medications reference set | Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania |
| Victoria reportable Schedule 4 trade medications reference set | Department of Health and Human Services Victoria |
Third party terminologies and code systems
We provide access to LOINC, RCPA resources and other code systems, as well as SNOMED CT-AU, to support digital health and clinical data sharing.
LOINC: a test request and result terminology
LOINC is an international standard for identifying health measurements, observations and documents. It’s relevant for reference labs, healthcare providers, insurance companies, software and device manufacturers and researchers.
Find out more about LOINC.
RCPA SPIA: a pathology terminology and information model
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) Standardised Pathology Informatics in Australia (SPIA) terminology reference set and information model resources were developed to standardise and improve the recording, decision support, communication and analysis of pathology in Australia.
Find out more about RCPA SPIA.
Other national code systems
We provide access to over 50 code systems that may be used in clinical software to support administrative sections of medical records such as occupations, the Australian Immunisation Register and valid reasons for null values.
You can access these code systems, which support FHIR in an Australian context, through our National Terminology Server.
Have you developed terminology content that isn’t listed here?
If you would like to make your terminology resource or SNOMED CT reference set available nationally, please contact us.
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