Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jul 2020. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
Outbound Relationships | Type | Target | Active | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | Values |
Peripheral arterial disease (disorder) | Is a | Disease of non-coronary systemic artery (disorder) | true | Inferred relationship | Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept) | ||
Peripheral arterial disease (disorder) | Is a | This concept is primitive because within clinical practice it is used in different contexts to refer to both arteries and veins of the periphery or exclusively of peripheral arteries and sometimes to describe just occlusive disease of the peripheral arteries. More detailed unambiguous concepts are available for these more specific interpretations. | true | Inferred relationship | Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept) | ||
Peripheral arterial disease (disorder) | Finding site | Structure of peripheral artery (body structure) | true | Inferred relationship | Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept) | 1 |
This concept is not in any reference sets