SNOMED NZ Edition April 2021 release

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Our April 2021 release of the SNOMED NZ Edition is now available for download on the SNOMED NZ member licensing and distribution service (https://mlds.ihtsdotools.org/#/landing/NZ?lang=en). See the release note (https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/RMT/SNOMED+CT+New+Zealand+Extension+PRODUCTION+Release+Notes+-+April+2021) for full details of all the content. Highlights are the new reference sets for common allergens, pharmaceutical doses and adverse events following immunisation (AEFIs). 
The new release will be loaded into the SNOMED browser (https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/?) later today (official go-live is [2021-04-01T00:00:00Z)

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I’ve just put this Edition up on Terminz, including the new NZ Reference Sets which can be viewed via the Terminz Web Client at http://terminz-itp.azurewebsites.net/Home/Terminology.

I’d be interested to hear the use cases for the 3 Common Pharmaceutical Dose Reference Sets. Shouldn’t we be using NZULM for Dose Forms, NZULM or UCUM for Dose Units and the far richer FHIR Timing Class (http://hl7.org/fhir/datatypes.html#Timing) for Dose Frequencies. Even if we used SCT Codes for the common dose frequencies, won’t most of those in the RefSet be deactivated, in favor of Concrete Domain Values, in subsequent releases?

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I’ve had some enquiries about the standard SNOMED reference sets we publish as part of the SNOMED NZ Edition. The best places to start are the April 2021 release note and the SNOMED NZ Edition page on our website