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Retrieving Source-Asserted Subsets [DEPRECATED]

This endpoint is deprecated. We will no longer provide support for it.

URIs | Query Parameters | Sample Output

URIs with /subsets support the following use cases:

Note that ‘current’ in the URI can always be used to search against the latest UMLS publication.
You may use any valid UMLS release back to 2008AA in your URI if you would like to search against a particular version of the UMLS.

URIs

The base URI is https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest

Sample URI Description Returned JSON Object classType
/subsets/current Retrieves information about all subsets from the current release Subset
/subsets/current/source/SNOMEDCT_US/6011000124106 Retrieves information for a SNOMED CT subset Subset
/subsets/current/source/SNOMEDCT_US/6011000124106/members Retrieves members of a SNOMED CT subset SourceConceptSubsetMember
/subsets/current/source/SNOMEDCT_US/6011000124106/member/89361000119103 Retrieves an individual member of a SNOMED CT subset SourceConceptSubsetMember

Query Parameters

Parameter name Required? Y/N Description Valid Values Default value Usage Note
apiKey Y An API key is required for each call to the API. Visit your UTS profile to obtain your API key. n/a n/a n/a
pageNumber N Whole number that specifies which page of results to fetch. 1,2,3, etc 1 n/a
pageSize N Whole number that specifies the number of results to include per page. 1,2,3, etc 25 n/a
language N 3-letter abbreviation for language ENG, SPA, GER, etc n/a n/a

Sample Output

Sample output for https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/subsets/current?apiKey=YOUR_APIKEY…

{
	"pageSize" : 25,
	"pageNumber" : 1,
	"pageCount" : 2,
	"result" : [{
			"classType" : "Subset",
			"ui" : "C3853926",
			"sourceUi" : "900000000000534007",
			"rootSource" : "SCTSPA",
			"name" : "conjunto de referencias de dependencia entre m�dulos",
			"description" : "conjunto de referencias de dependencia entre m�dulos",
			"attributeCount" : 1,
			"atomMemberCount" : 0,
			"sourceConceptMemberCount" : 4,
			"relationMemberCount" : 0,
			"uri" : "https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/subsets/2016AA/source/SCTSPA/900000000000534007",
			"subsetMembers" : "https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/subsets/2016AA/source/SCTSPA/900000000000534007/members",
			"subsetAttributes" : [{
					"classType" : "Attribute",
					"ui" : "ATM283",
					"sourceUi" : "NONE",
					"rootSource" : "SCTSPA",
					"name" : "LANG",
					"value" : "SPA"
				}
			]
		}, {
			"classType" : "Subset",
			"ui" : "C3853923",
			"sourceUi" : "450828004",
			"rootSource" : "SCTSPA",
			"name" : "conjunto de referencias de lenguaje castellano para Am�rica Latina",
			"description" : "conjunto de referencias de lenguaje castellano para Am�rica Latina",
			"attributeCount" : 1,
			"atomMemberCount" : 1041168,
			"sourceConceptMemberCount" : 0,
			"relationMemberCount" : 0,
			"uri" : "https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/subsets/2016AA/source/SCTSPA/450828004",
			"subsetMembers" : "https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/subsets/2016AA/source/SCTSPA/450828004/members",
			"subsetAttributes" : [{
					"classType" : "Attribute",
					"ui" : "ATM262",
					"sourceUi" : "NONE",
					"rootSource" : "SCTSPA",
					"name" : "LANG",
					"value" : "SPA"
				}
			]
		}, {
			"classType" : "Subset",
			"ui" : "C3853925",
			"sourceUi" : "900000000000456007",
			"rootSource" : "SCTSPA",
			"name" : "conjunto de referencias descriptivas de la estructura de otros conjuntos de referencias",
			"description" : "conjunto de referencias descriptivas de la estructura de otros conjuntos de referencias",
			"attributeCount" : 1,
			"atomMemberCount" : 0,
			"sourceConceptMemberCount" : 0,
			"relationMemberCount" : 0,
			"uri" : "https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/subsets/2016AA/source/SCTSPA/900000000000456007",
			"subsetMembers" : "https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/subsets/2016AA/source/SCTSPA/900000000000456007/members",
			"subsetAttributes" : [{
					"classType" : "Attribute",
					"ui" : "ATM274",
					"sourceUi" : "NONE",
					"rootSource" : "SCTSPA",
					"name" : "LANG",
					"value" : "SPA"
				}
			]
		}, 
...
	]
}

Sample output for https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/subsets/current/source/SNOMEDCT_US/442311000124105/members?apiKey=YOUR_APIKEY…

{
	"pageSize" : 25,
	"pageNumber" : 1,
	"pageCount" : 6,
	"result" : [{
			"classType" : "SourceConceptSubsetMember",
			"name" : "Intravascular route",
			"attributeCount" : 0,
			"ui" : "AT199486277",
			"sourceUi" : "445755006",
			"rootSource" : "SNOMEDCT_US",
			"sourceConcept" : "https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/content/2016AA/source/SNOMEDCT_US/445755006",
			"obsolete" : false,
			"subsetMemberAttributes" : []
		}, {
			"classType" : "SourceConceptSubsetMember",
			"name" : "Intrabiliary route",
			"attributeCount" : 0,
			"ui" : "AT200860004",
			"sourceUi" : "404819002",
			"rootSource" : "SNOMEDCT_US",
			"sourceConcept" : "https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/content/2016AA/source/SNOMEDCT_US/404819002",
			"obsolete" : false,
			"subsetMemberAttributes" : []
		}, {
			"classType" : "SourceConceptSubsetMember",
			"name" : "Sublingual route",
			"attributeCount" : 0,
			"ui" : "AT199923610",
			"sourceUi" : "37839007",
			"rootSource" : "SNOMEDCT_US",
			"sourceConcept" : "https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/content/2016AA/source/SNOMEDCT_US/37839007",
			"obsolete" : false,
			"subsetMemberAttributes" : []
		}, 
...
	]
}

Sample output for https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/subsets/current/source/SNOMEDCT_US/6011000124106/member/89361000119103?apiKey=YOUR_APIKEY…

{
	"pageSize" : 25,
	"pageNumber" : 1,
	"pageCount" : 1,
	"result" : {
		"classType" : "SourceConceptSubsetMember",
		"name" : "Mild developmental articulation disorder",
		"attributeCount" : 7,
		"ui" : "AT199566985",
		"sourceUi" : "89361000119103",
		"rootSource" : "SNOMEDCT_US",
		"sourceConcept" : "https://uts-ws.nlm.nih.gov/rest/content/2016AA/source/SNOMEDCT_US/89361000119103",
		"obsolete" : false,
		"subsetMemberAttributes" : [{
				"classType" : "Attribute",
				"ui" : "ATM37541478",
				"sourceUi" : "0c9ff6e0-ca17-5d8e-930a-0bc839769e34",
				"rootSource" : "SNOMEDCT_US",
				"name" : "MAPGROUP",
				"value" : "1"
			}, {
				"classType" : "Attribute",
				"ui" : "ATM37541479",
				"sourceUi" : "0c9ff6e0-ca17-5d8e-930a-0bc839769e34",
				"rootSource" : "SNOMEDCT_US",
				"name" : "MAPADVICE",
				"value" : "ALWAYS F80.0"
			}, {
				"classType" : "Attribute",
				"ui" : "ATM37541480",
				"sourceUi" : "0c9ff6e0-ca17-5d8e-930a-0bc839769e34",
				"rootSource" : "SNOMEDCT_US",
				"name" : "MAPTARGET",
				"value" : "F80.0"
			}, 
...
		]
	}
}