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Table 6:

Distribution of the concepts identified by the age rule QA but ended up not requiring age rule in the Map (false positives)

False positive category Candidate concept counts Percentage over all the false positives Percentage over all concepts flagged for age rule
Conflict with SNOMED CT modifier 63 37.1% 18.4%
Multiple positions in alpha index 51 30.0% 14.9%
Questionable index entry 45 26.5% 13.2%
Identical target as default 11 6.5% 3.2%
Total 170 100.0% 49.7%