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. 2009 Sep 17;10(Suppl 9):S12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-S9-S12

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Concept attribute: granularity. In the case of Granularity (atomic): "IBD", "azathioprine", and "infliximab" would be coded as granular as they were independent at the goal concept level. "Flare" is not as we must infer that the provider is talking about a Crohn's disease flare. In the case of Granularity (clinical inference): "Crohn's" disease is granular at the level of being able to make a clinical inference of IBD, but "steroids" by itself cannot invoke an inference of any particular disease.