UV Light Therapy

Preferred Label : UV Light Therapy;

NCIt synonyms : Ultraviolet Radiation Therapy; Light Therapy, UV; Therapy, UV Light; UV Phototherapy;

NCIt definition : A form of treatment, mainly used for skin disorders, in which the skin is irradiated with ultraviolet light.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A form of radiation used in the treatment of cancer.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000046700;

Details

Origin ID

C15344;

UMLS CUI

C0041626;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Ultraviolet light therapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- UV light therapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- General actinotherapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- UV light therapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Ultraviolet light therapy [ICD-9 code]
- Ultraviolet light therapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- actinotherapy, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- general actinotherapy [SNOMED Notion]
- ultraviolet therapy [MeSH concept]
- ultraviolet therapy [MeSH Descriptor]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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