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Mapping medication routes #60

Open kmarsolo opened 6 years ago

kmarsolo commented 6 years ago

Question: If we have values for medication route that are not part of the value set, such as Dialysis, Injection and Inhalation, what should we do?

kmarsolo commented 6 years ago

Answer: Based on your source data, if it’s possible to figure out where the medication was administered, you should map it to the appropriate SNOMED code. If there’s any ambiguity, then you should map to OT and put the source value in the RAW field. For instance, an Injection could map to the Subcutaneous or Intramuscular or Intraocular, depending on the drug, so that’s probably a good candidate for OT.