description: Obtain descriptions for a set of SNOMED CT terms

In anoopshah/Rdiagnosislist: Manipulate SNOMED CT Diagnosis Lists

Obtain descriptions for a set of SNOMED CT terms

Description

Returns the descriptions matching a set of concept IDs from a SNOMED dictionary

Usage

description(
  conceptIds,
  include_synonyms = FALSE,
  active_only = TRUE,
  SNOMED = getSNOMED()
)

Arguments

conceptIds	character or integer64 vector
include_synonyms	whether to return all synonyms, or just the Fully Specified Name, ensuring just one row per concept (default)
active_only	whether to include only active descriptions
SNOMED	environment containing SNOMED dictionary. Defaults to an object named 'SNOMED' in the global environment

Value

a data.table with the following columns: id, conceptId, type (only if include_synonyms = TRUE), term, active (only if active_only = FALSE)

See Also

htmlCodelistHierarchy

Examples

hf <- SNOMEDconcept('Heart failure', SNOMED = sampleSNOMED())
description(hf, include_synonyms = FALSE, SNOMED = sampleSNOMED())

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