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Severity of Illness Index MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Severity of Illness Index
Tree Number(s)
E05.318.308.980.438.475.456.500
N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.364.500
N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.364.500
Unique ID
D012720
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012720
Annotation
TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES is also available but do not confuse with TRIAGE, emergency selection of patients by priority of need
Scope Note
Levels within a diagnostic group which are established by various measurement criteria applied to the seriousness of a patient's disorder.
Public MeSH Note
89; was see under DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUPS 1986-88; was SEVERITY OF ILLNESS CLASSIFICATION see CASE MIX 1984-85
Online Note
search DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUPS 1984-85
History Note
89(86); was see under DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUPS 1986-88; was SEVERITY OF ILLNESS CLASSIFICATION see CASE MIX 1984-85
Date Established
1989/01/01
Date of Entry
1985/05/23
Revision Date
2021/12/02

No Qualifiers
Severity of Illness Index Preferred
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