Atlas of clinical gastroenterology. 2nd ed. By J.J. Misiewicz, A. Forbes, A.B. Price, P.J. Shorvon, D.R. Triger and G.N.J. Tytgat. 373 pp. London: Wolfe Publishing, 1994. $125
✍ Scribed by Raymond S. Koff
- Book ID
- 102237598
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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✦ Synopsis
BOOK REVIEWS 1319 either. Would there be a cross reference under "chronic"? No. Unless the user discovers that this diagnosis (DE-38021) can only be located in the list of "infectious and parasitic diseases" under "chronic," the search will not be successful.
For the encoding of genetic diseases, SNOMED I1 provided codes such as E-0105 for "hereditary disorder, recessive (autosomal)" but in SNOMED International, the alphabetical index has no entry under "autosomal," "dominant," "recessive" or "hereditary." Focal nodular hyperplasia, a distinct hepatic lesion, has no code; it can only be recorded with the cumbersome modifier for "focal" (G-A351 and M-72030); at the same time, "focal epithelial hyperplasia" does have a dedicated M-code (M-72151). I fear that a similar exercise in other subspecialties would yield comparable results. This criticism should not detract from the ingenious concept of SNOMED and the formidable achievements of its editors. Nothing is likely to surpass this system, but to make it even better, updates with subspecialty input are badly needed.