UMLS Metathesaurus Vocabulary Documentation
Basic information about the source vocabularies represented in the UMLS.
| Abbreviation | Name | Last Updated | Language | Restriction Level (?) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR | AI/RHEUM | 1995AA | ENG | 0 |
| ALT | Alternative Billing Concepts | 2009AA | ENG | 3 |
| AOD | Alcohol and Other Drug Thesaurus | 2002AC | ENG | 0 |
| AOT | Authorized Osteopathic Thesaurus | 2006AD | ENG | 0 |
| ATC | Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| BI | Beth Israel Problem List | 1999AA | ENG | 2 |
| CCC | Clinical Care Classification | 2018AA | ENG | 1 |
| CCPSS | Clinical Problem Statements | 2000AA | ENG | 3 |
| CCSR_ICD10CM | Clinical Classifications Software Refined for ICD-10-CM | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| CCSR_ICD10PCS | Clinical Classifications Software Refined for ICD-10-PCS | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| CCS | Clinical Classifications Software | 2005AC | ENG | 0 |
| CDCREC | Race & Ethnicity - CDC | 2021AB | ENG | 0 |
| CDT | CDT | 2022AB | ENG | 3 |
| CHV | Consumer Health Vocabulary | 2012AA | ENG | 0 |
| COSTAR | COSTAR | 2002AD | ENG | 0 |
| CPM | Medical Entities Dictionary | 2003AC | ENG | 2 |
| CPTSP | CPT Spanish | 2001AC | SPA | 3 |
| CPT | CPT - Current Procedural Terminology | 2024AA | ENG | 3 |
| CSP | CRISP Thesaurus | 2006AB | ENG | 0 |
| CST | COSTART | 1999AA | ENG | 0 |
| CVX | Vaccines Administered | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| DDB | Diseases Database | 2001AA | ENG | 3 |
| DMDICD10 | ICD-10 German | 1997AA | GER | 1 |
| DMDUMD | UMDNS German | 1999AA | GER | 1 |
| DRUGBANK | DrugBank | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| DSM-5 | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition | 2016AB | ENG | 3 |
| DXP | DXplain | 1995AA | ENG | 0 |
| FMA | Foundational Model of Anatomy | 2019AB | ENG | 0 |
| GO | Gene Ontology | 2023AB | ENG | 0 |
| GS | Gold Standard Drug Database | 2024AA | ENG | 3 |
| HCDT | CDT in HCPCS | 2023AA | ENG | 3 |
| HCPCS | HCPCS - Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| HCPT | CPT in HCPCS | 2024AA | ENG | 3 |
| HGNC | HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee | 2023AB | ENG | 0 |
| HL7V2.5 | HL7 Version 2.5 | 2005AC | ENG | 0 |
| HL7V3.0 | HL7 Version 3.0 | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| HLREL | ICPC2E ICD10 Relationships | 2001AA | 3 | |
| HPO | Human Phenotype Ontology | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| ICD10AE | ICD-10, American English Equivalents | 1998AA | ENG | 3 |
| ICD10AMAE | ICD-10, Australian Modification, Americanized English Equivalents | 2002AD | ENG | 3 |
| ICD10AM | ICD-10, Australian Modification | 2000AB | ENG | 3 |
| ICD10CM | International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification | 2023AB | ENG | 4 |
| ICD10DUT | ICD10, Dutch Translation | 2004AB | DUT | 3 |
| ICD10PCS | ICD-10 Procedure Coding System | 2023AB | ENG | 0 |
| ICD10 | International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision | 2004AB | ENG | 3 |
| ICD9CM | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification | 2015AA | ENG | 0 |
| ICF-CY | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for Children and Youth | 2009AA | ENG | 4 |
| ICF | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health | 2009AA | ENG | 4 |
| ICNP | International Classification for Nursing Practice | 2023AA | ENG | 3 |
| ICPC2EDUT | ICPC2E Dutch | 2004AB | DUT | 3 |
| ICPC2EENG | International Classification of Primary Care, 2nd Edition, Electronic | 2004AB | ENG | 3 |
| ICPC2ICD10DUT | ICPC2-ICD10 Thesaurus, Dutch Translation | 2005AB | DUT | 3 |
| ICPC2ICD10ENG | ICPC2-ICD10 Thesaurus | 2005AB | ENG | 3 |
| ICPC2P | ICPC-2 PLUS | 2006AB | ENG | 3 |
| ICPCBAQ | ICPC Basque | 2000AA | BAQ | 0 |
| ICPCDAN | ICPC Danish | 1999AA | DAN | 0 |
| ICPCDUT | ICPC Dutch | 1999AA | DUT | 0 |
| ICPCFIN | ICPC Finnish | 1999AA | FIN | 0 |
| ICPCFRE | ICPC French | 2000AA | FRE | 0 |
| ICPCGER | ICPC German | 2000AA | GER | 0 |
| ICPCHEB | ICPC Hebrew | 2000AA | HEB | 0 |
| ICPCHUN | ICPC Hungarian | 1999AA | HUN | 0 |
| ICPCITA | ICPC Italian | 1999AA | ITA | 0 |
| ICPCNOR | ICPC Norwegian | 1999AA | NOR | 0 |
| ICPCPOR | ICPC Portuguese | 1999AA | POR | 0 |
| ICPCSPA | ICPC Spanish | 2000AA | SPA | 0 |
| ICPCSWE | ICPC Swedish | 2000AA | SWE | 0 |
| ICPC | International Classification of Primary Care | 1998AA | ENG | 0 |
| JABL | Congenital Mental Retardation Syndromes | 2000AA | ENG | 1 |
| KCD5 | Korean Standard Classification of Disease Version 5 | 2009AA | KOR | 3 |
| LCH_NW | Library of Congress Subject Headings, Northwestern University subset | 2014AB | ENG | 0 |
| LCH | Library of Congress Subject Headings | 1992AA | ENG | 0 |
| LNC-DE-AT | LOINC Linguistic Variant - German, Austria | 2024AA | GER | 0 |
| LNC-DE-DE | LOINC Linguistic Variant - German, Germany | 2024AA | GER | 0 |
| LNC-EL-GR | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Greek, Greece | 2024AA | GRE | 0 |
| LNC-ES-AR | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Spanish, Argentina | 2024AA | SPA | 0 |
| LNC-ES-ES | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Spanish, Spain | 2024AA | SPA | 0 |
| LNC-ES-MX | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Spanish, Mexico | 2024AA | SPA | 0 |
| LNC-ET-EE | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Estonian, Estonia | 2024AA | EST | 0 |
| LNC-FR-BE | LOINC Linguistic Variant - French, Belgium | 2024AA | FRE | 0 |
| LNC-FR-CA | LOINC Linguistic Variant - French, Canada | 2024AA | FRE | 0 |
| LNC-FR-FR | LOINC Linguistic Variant - French, France | 2024AA | FRE | 0 |
| LNC-IT-IT | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Italian, Italy | 2024AA | ITA | 0 |
| LNC-KO-KR | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Korea, Korean | 2024AA | KOR | 0 |
| LNC-NL-NL | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Dutch, Netherlands | 2024AA | DUT | 0 |
| LNC-PL-PL | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Polish, Poland | 2024AA | POL | 0 |
| LNC-PT-BR | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Portuguese, Brazil | 2024AA | POR | 0 |
| LNC-RU-RU | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Russian, Russia | 2024AA | RUS | 0 |
| LNC-TR-TR | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Turkish, Turkey | 2024AA | TUR | 0 |
| LNC-UK-UA | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Ukrainian, Ukraine | 2024AA | UKR | 0 |
| LNC-ZH-CN | LOINC Linguistic Variant - Chinese, China | 2024AA | CHI | 0 |
| LNC | LOINC | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| MCM | Glossary of Clinical Epidemiologic Terms | 1992AA | ENG | 0 |
| MDRARA | MedDRA Arabic | 2024AA | ARA | 3 |
| MDRBPO | MedDRA Brazilian Portuguese | 2024AA | POR | 3 |
| MDRCZE | MedDRA Czech | 2024AA | CZE | 3 |
| MDRDUT | MedDRA Dutch | 2024AA | DUT | 3 |
| MDREST | Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities Terminology (MedDRA), Estonian Edition | 2024AA | EST | 3 |
| MDRFIN | Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities Terminology (MedDRA), Finnish Edition | 2024AA | FIN | 3 |
| MDRFRE | MedDRA French | 2024AA | FRE | 3 |
| MDRGER | MedDRA German | 2024AA | GER | 3 |
| MDRGRE | MedDRA Greek | 2024AA | GRE | 3 |
| MDRHUN | MedDRA Hungarian | 2024AA | HUN | 3 |
| MDRITA | MedDRA Italian | 2024AA | ITA | 3 |
| MDRJPN | MedDRA Japanese | 2024AA | JPN | 3 |
| MDRKOR | MedDRA Korean | 2024AA | KOR | 3 |
| MDRLAV | MedDRA Latvian | 2024AA | LAV | 3 |
| MDRPOL | MedDRA Polish | 2024AA | POL | 3 |
| MDRPOR | MedDRA Portuguese | 2024AA | POR | 3 |
| MDRRUS | MedDRA Russian | 2024AA | RUS | 3 |
| MDRSPA | MedDRA Spanish | 2024AA | SPA | 3 |
| MDRSWE | MedDRA Swedish | 2024AA | SWE | 3 |
| MDR | MedDRA | 2024AA | ENG | 3 |
| MED-RT | Medication Reference Terminology | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| MEDCIN | MEDCIN | 2024AA | ENG | 3 |
| MEDLINEPLUS_SPA | MedlinePlus Spanish Health Topics | 2024AA | SPA | 0 |
| MEDLINEPLUS | MedlinePlus Health Topics | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| MMSL | Multum | 2024AA | ENG | 1 |
| MMX | Micromedex | 2024AA | ENG | 3 |
| MSHCZE | MeSH Czech | 2024AA | CZE | 3 |
| MSHDUT | MeSH Dutch | 2005AB | DUT | 3 |
| MSHFIN | MeSH Finnish | 2008AA | FIN | 3 |
| MSHFRE | MeSH French | 2024AA | FRE | 3 |
| MSHGER | MeSH German | 2023AB | GER | 0 |
| MSHITA | MeSH Italian | 2019AA | ITA | 3 |
| MSHJPN | MeSH Japanese | 2015AB | JPN | 3 |
| MSHLAV | MeSH Latvian | 2012AA | LAV | 3 |
| MSHNOR | MeSH Norwegian | 2019AA | NOR | 3 |
| MSHPOL | MeSH Polish | 2024AA | POL | 3 |
| MSHPOR | MeSH Portuguese | 2024AA | POR | 3 |
| MSHRUS | MeSH Russian | 2024AA | RUS | 3 |
| MSHSCR | MeSH Croatian | 2019AA | SCR | 3 |
| MSHSPA | MeSH Spanish | 2024AA | SPA | 3 |
| MSHSWE | MeSH Swedish | 2021AB | SWE | 3 |
| MSH | MeSH | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| MTHCMSFRF | Metathesaurus CMS Formulary Reference File | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| MTHICD9 | ICD-9-CM Entry Terms | 2015AA | ENG | 0 |
| MTHICPC2EAE | ICPC2E American English Equivalents | 2004AB | ENG | 3 |
| MTHICPC2ICD10AE | ICPC2E-ICD10 Thesaurus, American English Equivalents | 2005AB | ENG | 3 |
| MTHMSTFRE | Minimal Standard Terminology French (UMLS) | 2002AA | FRE | 0 |
| MTHMSTITA | Minimal Standard Terminology Italian (UMLS) | 2002AA | ITA | 0 |
| MTHMST | Minimal Standard Terminology (UMLS) | 2002AA | ENG | 0 |
| MTHSPL | FDA Structured Product Labels | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| MTH | Metathesaurus Names | 1990AA | ENG | 0 |
| MVX | Manufacturers of Vaccines | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| NANDA-I | NANDA-I Taxonomy | 2018AA | ENG | 3 |
| NCBI | NCBI Taxonomy | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| NCISEER | NCI SEER ICD Mappings | 2002AD | 0 | |
| NCI | NCI Thesaurus | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| NDDF | FDB MedKnowledge | 2024AA | ENG | 3 |
| NEU | Neuronames Brain Hierarchy | 2023AB | ENG | 3 |
| NIC | Nursing Interventions Classification | 2018AB | ENG | 3 |
| NOC | Nursing Outcomes Classification | 2018AB | ENG | 3 |
| NUCCHCPT | National Uniform Claim Committee - Health Care Provider Taxonomy | 2023AB | ENG | 3 |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| OMS | Omaha System | 2007AC | ENG | 1 |
| ORPHANET | ORPHANET | 2023AB | ENG | 1 |
| PCDS | Patient Care Data Set | 1999AA | ENG | 3 |
| PDQ | Physician Data Query | 2019AA | ENG | 0 |
| PNDS | Perioperative Nursing Data Set | 2024AA | ENG | 3 |
| PPAC | Pharmacy Practice Activity Classification | 1999AA | ENG | 3 |
| PSY | Psychological Index Terms | 2005AB | ENG | 3 |
| QMR | Quick Medical Reference | 1998AA | ENG | 0 |
| RAM | Clinical Concepts by R A Miller | 2000AA | ENG | 0 |
| RCDAE | Read Codes Am Engl | 2000AA | ENG | 3 |
| RCDSA | Read Codes Am Synth | 2000AA | ENG | 3 |
| RCDSY | Read Codes Synth | 2000AA | ENG | 3 |
| RCD | Read Codes | 2000AA | ENG | 3 |
| RXNORM | RXNORM | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| SCTSPA | SNOMED CT Spanish Edition | 2024AA | SPA | 9 |
| SNMI | SNOMED Intl 1998 | 1999AA | ENG | 9 |
| SNM | SNOMED 1982 | 1991AA | ENG | 9 |
| SNOMEDCT_US | SNOMED CT, US Edition | 2024AA | ENG | 9 |
| SNOMEDCT_VET | SNOMED CT, Veterinary Extension | 2024AA | ENG | 9 |
| SOP | Source of Payment Typology | 2021AA | ENG | 0 |
| SPN | Standard Product Nomenclature | 2004AA | ENG | 0 |
| SRC | Source Terminology Names (UMLS) | 1995AA | ENG | 0 |
| TKMT | Traditional Korean Medical Terms | 2011AB | KOR | 0 |
| ULT | UltraSTAR | 1995AA | ENG | 3 |
| UMD | UMDNS | 2023AA | ENG | 1 |
| USPMG | USP Model Guidelines | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| USP | USP Compendial Nomenclature | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| UWDA | Digital Anatomist | 2003AC | ENG | 0 |
| VANDF | National Drug File | 2024AA | ENG | 0 |
| WHOFRE | WHOART French | 1999AA | FRE | 2 |
| WHOGER | WHOART German | 1999AA | GER | 2 |
| WHOPOR | WHOART Portuguese | 1999AA | POR | 2 |
| WHOSPA | WHOART Spanish | 1999AA | SPA | 2 |
| WHO | WHOART | 1999AA | ENG | 2 |
Last Reviewed: May 6, 2024