Reference Tables: Severity

ID:

CD-SEVERITY

STATUS:

Published

VERSION:

1.0

DATE:

2002-07-17

DESCRIPTION:

This is the severity status of an item.

This table is being finalized at this time. This table is for illustrative purposes only and is subject to change.

Context of use: severity element (item)

Code Meaning (English) SNOMED-CT
normal Normal (for all service types)
abnormal Abnormal (for nominal observations, all service types)
veryabnormal Abnormal alert (for nominal observations and all service types)
veryhigh Above upper alert threshold (for quantitative observations)
extremelyhigh particularly above upper alert threshold
high Above high normal (for quantitative observations)
low Below low normal (for quantitative observations)
verylow Below lower alert threshold (for quantitative observations)
extremelylow particularly below lower alert threshold
susceptibleintermediate Intermediately susceptible
susceptiblemoderate Moderately susceptible
resistent Resistent
susceptible Susceptible
verysusceptible Very susceptible
<item>
...
<severity>
<cd S="CD-SEVERITY" SV="1.0">veryabnormal</cd>
</severity>
...
</item>

Explanation: This means that the problem revealed by the item is particularly abnormal.