Requirements for External Editors of SNOMED CT International Release

SNOMED CT is an evolving terminology created to support clinical care, reporting and analysis. As medicine advances, continual updating and maintenance of SNOMED CT is needed to provide the most accurate, current and useful content to clinicians, researchers and data scientists. While SNOMED International has highly trained editors to perform ongoing maintenance, the size and scope of SNOMED CT (over 350,000 active concepts) can cause delays in addressing all the content changes requested by users, as well as in meeting internal requirements to address quality issues identified during routine curation of the terminology. This user guide describes the knowledge, skills, abilities, education, experience and certification required for individuals external to SNOMED International to author content directly into the SNOMED CT International release.

Main sections:

· Background

· Demonstrated knowledge, skill and ability

· Approval process

· Content areas

· Change types

· Criteria for success

· Feedback loop

· SNOMED International role

· Contact