Type

Change description

Status

Referred to SNOMED International

Concept identifier

52702003

Priority

Urgent

Brief summary of the request

Ask SI to change FSN of 52702003 |Chronic fatigue syndrome (disorder)|

Description of the addition or change

Please ask SI to change the FSN of the concept:
52702003 |Chronic fatigue syndrome (disorder)|

To:
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (disorder)

Whilst FSNs should not have a forward slash, we feel this is necessary to represent to international terming used for this disorder. 


Evidence:
https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/277
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng206/chapter/Recommendations
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs/
https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/about/index.html

Request update

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Source of authority

Provisional concept term

SNOMED International request reference number

 965566