BS PD ISO/TS 16277-1:2015 defines a categorial structure for clinical findings in terminologicalsystems for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Japanese Medicine, and Traditional KoreanMedicine (TM-CJK). This Technical Specification defines three subcategories: pattern-TM, disorder-TMand sign&symptom-TM. Concept representations within these three categories are used to describe thestates of patients in clinical records and communications.This Technical Specification is not applicable to:
- a comprehensive categorial structure for TM-CJK;
- an exhaustive list of all possible characterizing concepts that could be used to describe clinical findings;
- terms/descriptions for individual TM-CJK concepts;
- a detailed terminology of clinical findings in TM-CJK;
- categorical structure of diagnosis and treatment on clinical findings in TM-CJK.
NOTE This Technical Specification is limited to a subpopulation of clinical findings in traditional medicine.Other types of clinical findings are represented in ISO/TS 22789 although it has not been tested for this purpose.Cross References:ISO/TS 22789:2010ISO 1828ISO 18104:2014ISO 1087-1:2000 ISO/IEC 10746-2ISO 17115:2007EN 12264
