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Proposal to increase SNOMED CT description field length
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Description
https://nhsengland.kahootz.com/t_c_home/viewBlogArticle?articleID=1061497
SNOMED International are proposing to increase the maximum length of Fully Specified Name and Synonym descriptions from 255 to 4096 characters.
If this were implemented I believe we would need to update this field https://github.com/opensafely-core/opencodelists/blob/3f57c0f736d7d55a1833c4d1384ec038edc364fa/coding_systems/snomedct/models.py#L91
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Research direction
Start by reading the SNOMED CT model at coding_systems/snomedct/models.py around line 91 and verify the current description field limit. Confirm whether the proposed SNOMED CT change has been adopted, then update the field if appropriate; done means the model supports the agreed maximum length.
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