Therapy indication

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Draft specifications for handling prescription indication.

• Therapeutic intent: Characterisation of the reason for prescribing: surgical prophylaxis; medical prophylaxis to prevent recurrent or high-risk bacterial infection; treatment of a suspected or confirmed bacterial infection; other (eg rythromycin use as a prokinetic agent). Corresponding SNOMED CT concepts
  • 262202000 | Therapeutic intent (qualifier value) |
  • 360271000 | Prophylaxis - procedure intent (qualifier value) |
  • 373808002 | Curative - procedure intent (qualifier value) |
• Clinical indication: Predicate of the therapeutic intent, which can range any child of the following concepts:
  • 87713003 | Surgical (procedure) |
  • 423827005 | Endoscopy (procedure) |
  • 78885002 | Disease of presumed infectious origin (disorder) |
  • 473130003 | Suspected infectious disease (situation) |
  • 40733004 | Infectious disease (disorder) |