Harmful or undesired physiological responses associated with exposure to a substance.

Data Element

Drug Class Allergy Intolerance
Description (*Please confirm or update this field for the new USCDI version*)

Pharmacologic category for an agent believed to cause a harmful or undesired physiologic response following exposure.

Applicable Vocabulary Standard(s)

Applicable Standards (*Please confirm or update this field for the new USCDI version*)
  • SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, March 2024 Release

Comment

PACIO Recommends MED-RT as an Applicable Vocabulary Standard

  • Data Class: Allergies and Intolerances Data Class
  • Data Element: Drug Class Allergy Intolerance (Draft V6)
  • Recommendation: Add Medication Reference Terminology (MED-RT) as an Applicable Vocabulary Standard to the Drug Class Allergy Intolerance data element in final USCDI V6. 
  • Rationale: The PACIO Project Community* recommends adding Medication Reference Terminology (MED-RT) as an Applicable Vocabulary Standard to the Drug Class Allergy Intolerance data element in final USCDI V6. MED-RT includes native pharmacologic classification concepts (e.g. mechanisms of action (MoA), physiologic effects (PE), Established Pharmacologic Class (EPC)) and all relationships asserted between concepts in any namespace. MED-RT incorporates the following terminologies: RxNorm, MeSH, SNOMED CT.
  • * The PACIO (Post-Acute Care Interoperability) Project, established February 2019, is a collaborative effort between industry, government, and other stakeholders, with the goal of establishing a framework for the development of FHIR implementation guides to facilitate health information exchange.
  • Applicable standards: RxNorm, MeSH, SNOMED CT, and the Medication Reference Terminology (MED-RT).

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