Describe the relationship between SNOMED and ICD10.

What will be an ideal response?


SNOMED does not replace ICD10. Both have different functions. SNOMED is a terminology that represents input into a database. ICD10 is a classification system, which represents a way to organize the output of a database for analysis. Product support for the automatic mapping of SNOMED to ICD10 is under development.

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