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. 2023 Aug 28;25:e45013. doi: 10.2196/45013

Table 2.

Classification of health domains based on the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine–Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT).

Parent and concept IDs Children Study
Medical specialty (qualifier value); SCTIDa: 394733009

Cardiology (qualifier value); SCTID: 394579002
  • N/Ab

  • Kass-Hout et al [19]


Medical oncology (qualifier value); SCTID: 394593009
  • N/A

  • Lacey et al [24]

  • Kalendralis et al [37]


Radiation oncology (qualifier value); SCTID: 419815003
  • N/A

  • Traverso et al [34]


Emergency medicine (qualifier value); SCTID: 773568002
  • N/A

  • Bhatia et al [27]


Public health and preventive medicine (qualifier value); SCTID: 26081000087101
  • N/A

  • Mons [35]

  • Zondergeld et al [36]


Infectious diseases (specialty; qualifier value); SCTID: 394807007
  • Tuberculosis (disorder); SCTID: 56717001

  • Disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (disorder); SCTID: 840539006

  • Gabrielian et al [26] (tuberculosis)

  • Mons [35] (SARS-CoV-2)

  • Blomberg and Lauer [47] (SARS-CoV-2)


Clinical pharmacology (qualifier value); SCTID: 394600006
  • N/A

  • Celebi et al [33]


Child and adolescent psychiatry (qualifier value); SCTID: 394588006
  • N/A

  • Kassam-Adams et al [21]

Disease (disorder); SCTID: 64572001

Degenerative disorder (disorder); SCTID: 362975008
  • Multiple sclerosis (disorder); SCTID: 2470000

  • Peeters [43]


Neurocognitive disorder (disorder); SCTID: 70907300
  • N/A

  • Zondergeld et al [36]


Genetic disease (disorder); SCTID: 782964007
  • Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (disorder); SCTID: 399091004

  • Guien et al [40]

Information systems

Information system software (physical object); SCTID: 70659400
  • Cardiology information system application software (physical object); SCTID: 467522006

  • Emergency care information system application software (physical object); SCTID: 468401001

  • Radiology information system application software (physical object); SCTID: 464066007

  • Hospital administration information system application software (physical object); SCTID: 462944003

  • Kass-Hout et al [19] (cardiology)

  • Bhatia et al [27] (emergency care)

  • Kalendralis et al [37] (radiology)

  • Haux and Knaup [31] (hospital administration)

Administrative procedure (procedure); SCTID: 14734007
  • N/A

  • Haux and Knaup [31]

  • Looten and Simon [39]

Infection surveillance (regime or therapy); SCTID: 170502008
  • N/A

  • van Panhuis et al [15]

  • Mons [35]

aSCTID: SNOMED-CT identifier.

bN/A: not applicable.