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News and release notices
NHS National Interim Clinical Imaging Procedures
A new release of item NHS National Interim Clinical Imaging Procedures is available.
SNOMED CT human-readable subset - UK Drug Extension
A new release of item SNOMED CT human-readable subset - UK Drug Extension is available.
SNOMED CT UK Query Table and History Substitution Table
A new release of item SNOMED CT UK Query Table and History Substitution Table is available.
UK Drug bonus files
A new release of item UK Drug bonus files is available.
SNOMED CT UK Monolith Edition, RF2: Snapshot
A new release of item SNOMED CT UK Monolith Edition, RF2: Snapshot is available.
SNOMED CT UK Drug Extension, RF2
New releases are available:
Diagnostic Imaging Data Set XML Schema
A new release of item Diagnostic Imaging Data Set XML Schema is available.
Diagnostic Imaging Data Set (DIDS) - CSV format
A new release of item Diagnostic Imaging Data Set (DIDS) - CSV format is available.
SNOMED CT International Edition
A new release of item SNOMED CT International Edition is available.
Increasing SNOMED International description length limits
Following the Delen news article on the proposal to increase description length limits, SNOMED International has published a briefing note, available on Delen:
MF Briefing Note - Conclusion on Increasing Description Type length limits
A blog post with further information is also available on the SNOMED International website:
As SNOMED International has outlined, the change to the description length limits will be implemented in the 1 July 2026 International Edition release. It will take effect in the October 2026 SNOMED CT UK release.
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