1389192000: Infectious mediastinitis following sternotomy (disorder)

SNOMED CT Concept\Clinical finding (finding)\...

\Finding of trunk structure\Finding of upper trunk (finding)\Disorder of thoracic segment of trunk\Disorder of thorax (disorder)\Disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Inflammatory disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Infectious mediastinitis\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Finding of trunk structure\Finding of upper trunk (finding)\Finding of region of thorax\Mediastinal finding\Disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Inflammatory disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Infectious mediastinitis\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Finding of trunk structure\Finding of upper trunk (finding)\Finding of region of thorax\Disorder of thorax (disorder)\Disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Inflammatory disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Infectious mediastinitis\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Finding of trunk structure\Disorder of trunk (disorder)\Disorder of thoracic segment of trunk\Disorder of thorax (disorder)\Disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Inflammatory disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Infectious mediastinitis\Poststernotomy mediastinitis

\Procedure related finding\Perioperative complication\Postoperative complication (disorder)\Postoperative infection\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Procedure related finding\Postprocedural state finding\Disorder following clinical procedure\Infection following procedure (disorder)\Postoperative infection\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Procedure related finding\Postprocedural state finding\Disorder following clinical procedure\Postoperative complication (disorder)\Postoperative infection\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Procedure related finding\Postprocedural state finding\Postoperative state\Postoperative complication (disorder)\Postoperative infection\Poststernotomy mediastinitis

\Disease\Perioperative complication\Postoperative complication (disorder)\Postoperative infection\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Disease\Disorder of body system\Inflammation of specific body systems\Inflammatory disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Infectious mediastinitis\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Disease\Disorder of body system\Disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Inflammatory disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Infectious mediastinitis\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Disease\Disorder following clinical procedure\Infection following procedure (disorder)\Postoperative infection\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Disease\Disorder following clinical procedure\Postoperative complication (disorder)\Postoperative infection\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Disease\Inflammatory disorder\Inflammation of specific body structures or tissue\Inflammation of specific body systems\Inflammatory disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Infectious mediastinitis\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Disease\Disorder of trunk (disorder)\Disorder of thoracic segment of trunk\Disorder of thorax (disorder)\Disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Inflammatory disorder of mediastinum (disorder)\Infectious mediastinitis\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Disease\Infectious disease\Infection following procedure (disorder)\Postoperative infection\Poststernotomy mediastinitis
\Disease\Infectious disease\Infectious mediastinitis\Poststernotomy mediastinitis

Status: current, Sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 01-Apr 2026. Module: SNOMED CT core

Descriptions:

Id Description Lang Type Status Case? Module

6158172016 Poststernotomy mediastinitis en Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core
6158173014 Infectious mediastinitis following sternotomy (disorder) en Fully specified name Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core
6158175019 PSM - poststernotomy mediastinitis en Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case sensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core
6158176018 Post-sternotomy mediastinitis en Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core
6158177010 Infectious mediastinitis following sternotomy en Synonym (core metadata concept) Active Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) SNOMED CT core

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Outbound Relationships	Type	Target	Active	Characteristic	Refinability	Group	Values
Poststernotomy mediastinitis	Is a	Postoperative infection	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Poststernotomy mediastinitis	After	Sternotomy (procedure)	true	Inferred relationship	Some	2
Poststernotomy mediastinitis	Pathological process (attribute)	Infectious process (qualifier value)	true	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Poststernotomy mediastinitis	Is a	Infectious mediastinitis	true	Inferred relationship	Some
Poststernotomy mediastinitis	Finding site	Structure of space and/or soft connective tissue within mediastinal cavity (body structure)	true	Inferred relationship	Some	1
Poststernotomy mediastinitis	Associated morphology	Inflammatory morphology (morphologic abnormality)	true	Inferred relationship	Some	1

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