The Va Md College of Veterinary Medicine's (VMCVM) Equine Medical Center compiled a terminology set for recording equine diagnoses. Building on this work, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) contracted with the Veterinary Terminology and Standards (VTS) group at VCMVCM to map these terms to existing SNOMED CT concepts and develop an AAEP-endorsed SNOMED CT subset. Modeled after the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)’s subset, this standardized format is designed to support easier implementation by hospital information system vendors and promote consistent data capture across systems.
New Release Files AvailableApril 1, 2026
The Problem & Diagnosis Terms hava been updated to include requested concepts and descriptions and to align it with the January 1, 2026 International release of SNOMED CT© and the March, 31 2026 release of the Veterinary Extension to SNOMED CT. To obtain a copy of this release, login to VTS (with a VTS account or your UMLS credentials) and access it via the Documents page. If you've successfully logged in and have been granted access to Diagnostic Terms download, you should see a Documents button to the left. If you have successfully logged in, but do NOT see a Documents button, then you need to request access. To do this go to "My Profile".