SNOMEDCTClient

SNOMEDCTClient is a python object responsible for mapping free text terms to SNOMED CT codes. Please note that einmind is a python client library that interfaces with the EinMind servers, where the actual processing of mapping free-text medical terms to SNOMED CT codes occurs.

from einmind import SNOMEDCTClient

# Initialize the ICD10CMClient
snomed_client = SNOMEDCTClient(base_url=None, api_key=None)

Parameters

base_url: An optional string parameter that specifies the URL of a privately hosted EinMind API. If base_url is not provided, the library defaults to sending requests to the publicly available EinMind servers for term mapping. Default value is None .

api_key: An optional string parameter that speicifies API key for privately hosted EinMind API. Default value is None .

Functions

code_term(term, term_category, time_out=20)

term: A required string parameter that represents the free text to be mapped to a SNOMED CT code.

term_category: A required string parameter that represents the input text category. Accepted values are PROBLEM and PROCEDURE.

time_out: An optional integer parameter specifying the time-out period, in seconds, after which the request will fail if not completed. The default value is 20 (seconds).