Hi Chase, > -----Original Message----- > From: Chase Master [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:22 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: dictionary questions > > Hi, > > If I am using DictionaryLookupAnnotatorUMLS.xml as the descriptor for that > module, with my valid UMLS username and password, does this use the full > SNOMED CT and RxNorm dictionaries? (I believe it connects to the online > database.) Because it misses ""VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI", > C1265175, so I was wondering why?
The below UMLS subsets are bundled in the umls resource files: * International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, 2012 ICD9CM_2012 ICD9CM ENG 0 20997 * International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, Metathesaurus additional entry terms, 2012 MTHICD9_2012 ICD9CM ENG 0 16304 * Medical Subject Headings, 2012_2011_09_09 MSH2012_2011_09_09 MSH ENG 0 321367 * NCI Thesaurus, 2011_02D NCI2011_02D NCI ENG 0 90135 * SNOMED Clinical Terms, 2011_07_31 SNOMEDCT_2011_07_31 SNOMEDCT ENG 9 324494 * RxNorm > Is it possible to specify that only "child" UMLS CUIs are output- ie. the most > descriptive matches? One will probably either need a custom dictionary or some additional code that will consume only the more specific matches. I hope that helps. --Pei > > Thanks
