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. 2024 Mar 1;21(1):1i.

Table 1.

SNOMED description of COVID-19 diagnosis mapped to available ICPC/ICD-9 codes in primary care clinical histories and frequency of true positives found against SARS-CoV-2 lab positive test.

SNOMED description SNOMED codes Frequency Percentage
Coronavirus infection (disorder) 186747009 10,249 49.12

Disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (disorder) 840539006 8,677 41.58

Diagnosis of COVID-19 infection confirmed by laboratory testing (disorder) 63681000122103 1,740 8.34

Pneumonia caused by Human coronavirus (disorder) 713084008 107 0.51

Pneumonia caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (disorder) 88278469100011910013084008 62 0.30

Disease caused by Coronaviridae (disorder) 27619001 20 0.10

Polymerase chain reaction positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (finding) 62531000122108 7 0.03

Asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection (finding) 189486241000119100 1 0.00

Procedure for action related to case of disease due to SARS-CoV-2 (procedure) 64121000122109 1 0.00

Testing positive for IgG against SARS-CoV-2 (finding) 64671000122103 1 0.00

Outcome: case of COVID-19 still under follow-up (finding) 63511000122107 1 0.00

Positive result of rapid test for detection of IgM and IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in blood (finding) 63621000122102 0 -

Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (observable entity) 871562009 0 -

SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing positive (finding) 64731000122108 0 -

Secondary triage for severity level in patient with disease due to SARS-CoV-2 (procedure) 64031000122106 0 -

Diagnosis of COVID-19 infection confirmed by laboratory testing (disorder) 63681000122103 0 -

Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antigen (observable entity) 871553007 0 -

Positive serologic study for COVID-19 (finding) 62951000122108 0 -

Total 20,866 100.00