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- Code validation: Given a source and target context (including version/date), return whether the source concept id is valid. Single/multiple input codes.
- Code normalization: Given a source and target context (including version/date), return the target concept id corresponding to a source concept id. Single/multiple input codes.
- Code look-up/translation: Given a source and target context (including version/date), return the concept name, optionally in a specified language, corresponding to a source concept id. Single/multiple input codes.
- Search by partial phrase, begins with, partial word, including stop words
- Handle synonyms (return exact term user is looking for regardless of which concept it is linked to).
- Handle misspellings.
- Return all the descendants of a concept in a Code System (subsumption/decision support).
- Return whether a concept in a Code System is a descendant of another concept (subsumption/decision support).
- Return the (possibly specified) attributes associated with a concept in a Code System (permits hierarchical browsing, etc.)
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Export Use cases (Informaticists)
- Return all the names/codes within a Code System or named Value Set/Subset. Specify format: xml, csv, etc.
- Return all the names/codes within a Code System or named Value Set/Subset that have changed since a specified version/date.
- Return the names/codes in a named Value Set/Subset.
Application Use Cases
- Provide an end-user browsing tool/application. (Health Professionals)
- Provide an end-user editing/management tool/application. (Informaticists)