SNOMED International

Owned and governed by 43 Member countries, SNOMED International is a not-for-profit organization charged with setting global standards for health terminology, a critical element of safe and effective healthcare. Our core product, SNOMED CT, is owned, administered and developed by SNOMED International and establishes vocabulary that enables the clear exchange of health information across all health systems, services and products in the world.

SNOMED CT is the most comprehensive, multilingual clinical healthcare terminology in the world. As a resource with comprehensive, scientifically validated clinical content, it enables consistent representation of clinical content in electronic health records whilst being mapped to other international standards. It is currently in use in more than eighty countries.