Medication Reason (CACDI)
The sign, symptom or health condition that the medication is or was prescribed to manage, improve, treat or prevent
3: Ready for use
n/a
Recommended Terminologies
SNOMED CT CA includes subtypes of 272379006 | Event (event) | or subtypes of 243796009 | Situation with explicit context (situation) | or subtypes of 404684003 | Clinical finding (finding) | or subtypes of 71388002 | Procedure (procedure) |
- Bacterial sepsis
- Pneumonia and influenza
- Pain of joint of knee
3: Ready for use
MedicationReasonCode contains SNOMED CT concepts only. The SNOMED CT CA to ICD-10-CA map supports the conversion of clinical detailed SNOMED CT concepts into ICD-10-CA codes to support interoperability, secondary use of clinical data, statistical reporting and health system analysis. This refset contains a comprehensive set of 120,000+ SNOMED CT concepts from the clinical finding hierarchy mapped to v2022 ICD-10-CA. ICD-10-CA is the national standard for morbidity data collection in Canada.
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How to cite:
Canadian Institute for Health Information. Medication Reason (CACDI). Accessed November 02, 2026.
