Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System

Preferred Label : Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System;

NCIt synonyms : ATC System; ATC;

NCIt related terms : WHO ATC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM;

NCIt definition : A World Health Organization (WHO) classification system for medicinal substances where active substances are divided into different groups according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, pharmacological, and chemical properties. Drugs are classified in groups at five different levels.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A World Health Organization (WHO) classification system, developed and maintained by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, for medicinal substances where active substances are divided into different groups according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, pharmacological, and chemical properties.;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL556411;

Details

Origin ID

C154331;

UMLS CUI

C3540695;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Ataxia-telangiectasia [OMIM Phenotype]
- angioplasty, balloon, coronary [MeSH Descriptor]
- antidepressive agents, tricyclic [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification [EFMI term]
- anatomical therapeutic chemical classification system [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Intellectual Product [UMLS semantic type]
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- CDISC Dictionary Name Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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