AERS CUI--> SNOMED Map

[ericaVoss]

We need to use UMLS to get from CUI to SNOMED. CUIs can map to many SNOMEDs. We were selecting the MAX(SNOMED) in this CUI/SNOMED lookup. However I can use the Vocab to be a tad bit smarter, I can ask for all CUI-SNOMED associations from UMLS, then asked the Vocab which SNOMEDs are CONDITIONS and then make a choice in situations where there are still multiple CUI/SNOMED mapps. In the case of Rhabdo this gets me away from the OBSERVATION domain and into the CONDITION domain.

• `C0035410' - CUI
• 4230337;"Rhabdomyolysis" - SNOMED - Observation
• 4345578;"Rhabdomyolysis" - SNOMED - Condition

[cgreich]

You can also test for the "social life", i.e. how many siblings and children a target concept has. SNOMED lets many of it's redundant concepts die a slow death, meaning, it strips all of the relatives and only then deprecates it.