# NZHTS release for April 2026

**URL:** <https://ehealthforum.nz/t/nzhts-release-for-april-2026/36131>\
**Category:** Standards\
**Tags:** standards, snomed-ct, nzhts\
**Created:** [April 22, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/nzhts-release-for-april-2026/36131 "2026-04-22T03:18:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Evan](https://ehealthforum.nz/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@Evan](https://ehealthforum.nz/u/Evan)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/nzhts-release-for-april-2026/36131/1 "2026-04-22T03:18:07Z")

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Another release of new contents to our NZ Health Terminology Service - find the April 2026 release note on this page:

[NZHTS - New Zealand Health Terminology Service](https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/health-professionals/guidance-standards/topic/data-and-standards/health-information-standards/nz-health-terminology-service-nzhts)

**The exciting new content is**

- SNOMED NZ Edition April 2026 release

- NZ Medicines Terminology (NZMT) April 2026 release

- Territorial Authority and Territorial Authority Board Classification

- Location type code set update for Health Provider Index (HPI)

- [LOINC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOINC) 2.82 and NZPOCS April 2026 release

**Release date news**

**We are moving from two to three SNOMED NZ Edition releases this year to cater for all the new SNOMED content the sector is using.**

- **Our next SNOMED release dates are 20 July 2026 and 20 October 2026**

- **Our NZHTS releases remain monthly, also moving to the 20th of the month.**