Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

Preferred Label : Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation;

NCIt synonyms : TENS;

NCIt related terms : transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation;

NCIt definition : A non-invasive form of nerve stimulation that typically uses conductive gel pads to transmit electrical energy from an external stimulator to peripheral nerves. While it is usually used for treating peripheral neuropathic pain it has other applications.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A procedure in which mild electric currents are applied to some areas of the skin.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000044740; CDR0000044736;

Details

Origin ID

C21032;

UMLS CUI

C0040654;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Toxic epidermal necrolysis [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- in Ten-S composite resin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation [MeSH concept]
- transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation [MeSH Descriptor]
- transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators [medical devices type]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Transcutaneous electrical stimulation [MedDRA LLT]
- transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation [MeSH concept]
- transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation [MeSH Descriptor]
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- CPTAC Codelists Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Treatments Codelist [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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