Current Release 1

Release Scope

1. Requests for change received from Canadian implementers from September 4, 2021 to March 4, 2022  - 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 
   1. This release contains three new subsets created for use by Canadian implementers: IndigenousIdentitiyCode, RacializedGroupCode and VisitModalityCode.
   2. Pan-Canadian SNOMED CT subsets in scope for this maintenance cycle include: Immunization, Communicable Disease, Primary Health Care and others.
   3. All 41 SNOMED CT subsets (refsets) are published as extensional refsets in the Canadian Edition (Canada Health Infoway Simple Type Reference Set (foundation metadata concept)).
   4. 13 of 41 resets 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 this release:

1. New vaccine concepts to support the ongoing COVID-19 response. 
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.
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. French translation of vaccine content, findings, organisms, specimens, body structures, and content related to the CIHI HHR MDS and ODT programs:
   1. The Canadian Edition includes new translation of COVID-19 concepts.
   2. 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.
   3. 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.
   4. 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.