Representing Patient Allergies and Intolerances; Food Substances | Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA)

Type	Standard / Implementation Specification	Standards Process Maturity	Implementation Maturity	Adoption Level	Federally required	Cost	Test Tool Availability
Standard	SNOMED CT®	Final	Production		No	Free	N/A

Limitations, Dependencies, and Preconditions for Consideration	Applicable Value Set(s) and Starter Set(s)
Feedback requested	Substance Other Than Clinical Drug (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1010.9) (SNOMED CT® substance value set) Adverse Clinical Reaction (2.16.840.1.113883.3.2074.1.1.30) (SNOMED CT® disorder and finding value set) Propensity to adverse reactions to food (disorder) (SNOMEDCT 418471000) is parent SNOMED CT code to: Food allergy (disorder) (SNOMEDCT 414285001) Food intolerance (disorder) (SNOMEDCT 235719002)

Limitations, Dependencies, and Preconditions for Consideration

Applicable Value Set(s) and Starter Set(s)

Feedback requested

Substance Other Than Clinical Drug (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1010.9) (SNOMED CT® substance value set)
Adverse Clinical Reaction (2.16.840.1.113883.3.2074.1.1.30) (SNOMED CT® disorder and finding value set)
Propensity to adverse reactions to food (disorder) (SNOMEDCT 418471000) is parent SNOMED CT code to:
- Food allergy (disorder) (SNOMEDCT 414285001)
- Food intolerance (disorder) (SNOMEDCT 235719002)

Comment

Submitted by kwboone on 2017-11-20

Food substances too broad

There are over 4000 of these codes in SNOMED CT. It is still way to broad to be useful. Would suggest that a value set that would be useful would cover top 100 food items. Avoid repetition like

256349002	Peanut - dietary (substance)
229889003	Peanut brittle (substance)
102260001	Peanut butter (substance)
412047006	Peanut containing products (substance)

How many different ways do we need to say an interpret Peanut containing products? Would you feed peanuts to someone with a peanut butter allergy? That kind of clinical decision making needs to go into the making of these value sets.

UNII code system and value set is specific to FDA Product labeling and is not all that helpful for clinical use. SNOMED CT is much better suited for this purpose.