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Releases

SNOMED International maintains a rigorous product release schedule. Management of all parts of this lifecycle enables delivery of high quality products and services.

Release schedule

The below schedule is representative of the release activity undertaken by SNOMED International throughout the year.

SNOMED CT International Edition

The SNOMED CT International Edition is released monthly at the end of each month.

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SNOMED International Spanish Edition

April 30
October 31

SNOMED CT Derivative Products

To be published in line with the January International Edition (By 30th April each year)

GP/FP Reasons for Encounter/Health Issues Refset
ICPC-2 Map (Jan 2019 proposed final release before deprecation)
SNOMED to GMDN map

To be published in line with the July International Edition (By 31st October each year)

Nursing Activities Refset
Nursing Health Issues Refset
Odontogram Refset
General Dentistry Refset
SNOMED to GMDN map

Free Sets

July

ERA
DICOM
IHE
HL7

Managed service products

March/September:

US Edition + Extension Packages
Belgium Extension
Denmark Extension

April/October:

Ireland Extension
Norway Extension

May/November:

Estonia Extension
New Zealand Extension
Sweden Extension

TBC:

Switzerland Extension

Review Implementation Guidance for Annual Release of SNOMED CT Reference Sets

Member Licensing and Distribution Service

MLDS is a service provided by SNOMED International for organizations and individuals to request use and access to the International Release of SNOMED CT for use in non-Member countries.

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Additional release information

For additional information on our releases and schedules, please review SNOMED International's Service Catalog.

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