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Release Scope

1. Requests for change received from Canadian implementers from September 42, 2021 2023 to March 4February 2, 2022  2024 - InfoRMS SNOMED CT RFC Project
   1. Requests to add, change or inactivate content in both English and French. 
   2. Content corrections (typographical errors, metadata, others).  
   3. CA EN concepts promoted to the International Edition of SNOMED CT.
   4. In the Release Notes, "Issues in progress" refers to requests that were accepted and added to the most recent Canadian Edition, but they also have been submitted to SNOMED International for consideration for core inclusion. If accepted, they are in scope for inclusion in the International Edition and will be assigned to a release by SNOMED International , and will require harmonization with the next CA Edition release.
      
      
      
2. Subsets - InfoRMS Subset RFC Project 
   This release contains three new subsets created for use by Canadian implementers: IndigenousIdentitiyCode, RacializedGroupCode and VisitModalityCode.
   1. Pan-Canadian SNOMED CT subsets in scope for this maintenance cycle include: Immunization, Communicable Disease, Primary Health Care and others.
   2. All 41 29 SNOMED CT subsets (refsets) are published as extensional refsets in the Canadian Edition (Canada Health Infoway Simple Type Reference Set (foundation metadata concept)).
   3. 13 of 41 resets 23 of 52 subsets are expanded type subsets that are intensionally defined (i.e. defined using queries). These can be found as members of the Simple query specification reference set (foundation metadata concept). See below printscreen.

New in Notes for this rRelease:

1. New vaccine concepts to support the ongoing COVID-19 response. work for Immunization.
2. Release notes for International releases including the International Edition and the Common French extension are no longer included in the Canadian Edition release package. International release notes can be accessed here and Common French release notes can be accessed here.
3. Inclusion of concepts that originated in other national extensions and were promoted to core because they also meet Canadian requirements and, as such, meet the international use case (lateral promotion).
4. Two (2) new subsets were created to support the new National Vaccine Catalogue (NVC).French translation of vaccine content, findings, organisms, specimens, body structures, and content related to the CIHI HHR MDS and ODT programs:
5. In line with the new implementation of Annotations, two new refsets have been added to the International Edition Release package, from December 2023 onwards:
   der2_scsRefset_ComponentAnnotationStringValueSnapshot_INT_20240101.txt
   der2_sscsRefset_MemberAnnotationStringValueSnapshot_INT_20240101.txt
   These refset files are empty for the February 2024 release, whilst content is authored in future editing cycles. However, they will then be populated with Annotations data from one of the future 2024 International Edition releases onwards (date to be confirmed). These improvements were introduced in the December 2023 International Edition release, and will be used in all future International Edition releases until further notice.
6. French translation to support Canadian implementations, including: ongoing immunization work; the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework (pCHDCF) and Primary Health Care projects; Ontario Health’s Lab Information System (OLIS) and Provincial Health Service Directory (PHSD); other projects from Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec (MSSS) such as CNESST, CISSSMO, PTI and Synoptic colonoscopy report
7. The Canadian Edition includes new translation of COVID-19 concepts.
8. It includes the Common French extension which is composed of all descriptions translated by French speaking member countries engaged in the International French Translation Collaboration.
9. The Common French extension of SNOMED CT is available on the Community Content Page published by SNOMED International and may be published as part of a national edition of any of the member countries involved in the production of this translation.
SNOMED CT Common French Extension release notes can be accessed here.

Refer to section 5. Questions and Comments, for additional information about SNOMED CT or if you have comments.

Refer to section 6. Requests for Change (RFC), for additional information on how to request terminology content or subsets. 

Refer to section 7. Updates and Publications, for dates and times related to publication.