Dilation and Curettage

Preferred Label : Dilation and Curettage;

NCIt synonyms : Dilation and Curettage of the Uterus; D and C;

NCIt related terms : dilatation and curettage; D&C; Dilation and Curettage Procedure;

NCIt definition : A surgical scraping and removal of the inner lining of the uterus through direct dilation of the uterine cervix.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A minor operation in which the cervix is expanded enough (dilation) to permit the cervical canal and uterine lining to be scraped with a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette (curettage).;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000407746; CDR0000046448; CDR0000044392;

Details

Origin ID

C15226;

UMLS CUI

C0012358;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Dilation and curettage [ICHI intervention]
- Dilation and curettage of uterus [ICD-9 code]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- D & C [MedDRA LLT]
- Dilation and curettage of uterus (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- dilatation and curettage [MeSH concept]
- dilatation and curettage [MeSH Descriptor]
- dilation and curettage [SNOMED Notion]
- dilation and curettage [Radlex concept]
- dilation and curettage of uterus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Dilation and curettage (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- D & C [MedDRA LLT]
- Dilation and curettage (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Dilation and curettage of uterus [ICD-9 code]
- Dilation and curettage of uterus (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Uterine dilation and curettage [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- dilatation and curettage [MeSH concept]
- dilatation and curettage [MeSH Descriptor]
- dilation and curettage [Radlex concept]
- dilation and curettage [SNOMED Notion]
- dilation and curettage of uterus, nos [SNOMED Notion]
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- CPTAC Treatments Codelist [NCIt concept]
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