Situation with Explicit Context Overview

This presentation provides an introduction to the scope and content of the situation with explicit context (SWEC) hierarchy.

After completing this presentation the student should be able to:

• Describe the scope of the SWEC hierarchy and explain what characterizes concepts within this hierarchy.
• Describe how context is represented in SNOMED CT and what is meant by axis modification.
• Discuss, at a high level, some of the key attributes that are used to model concepts in the SWEC hierarchy.

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