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SNOMED CT Concept 71028008: Fetal-maternal hemorrhage

71028008 is a SNOMED CT concept used to represent Fetal-maternal hemorrhage in structured clinical data. You may see this concept in clinical documentation systems, problem lists, terminology services, interoperability records, or semantic mapping workflows. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used to capture healthcare meaning in a standardized, interoperable form. This concept is typed as a disorder in the terminology hierarchy.

Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 26 May 2026

What is this code?

SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used to capture healthcare meaning in a standardized, interoperable form. This concept is typed as a disorder in the terminology hierarchy.

When is it used?

  • Used to represent a standardized clinical concept in health records, terminology services, and semantic mappings.
  • Often linked to diagnoses, findings, procedures, body structures, organisms, substances, or observable entities depending on the concept type.
  • Semantic tag: disorder

What it does not mean

  • A terminology concept label alone does not replace clinical interpretation, diagnosis context, or treatment advice.

Key facts

Semantic tagDisorder
Definition statusPrimitive
Definition patternSubclass
OWL axioms1
Defining attributes6
Role groups2
Module900000000000207008
Parents3
Children1

Defining attributes

Associated morphologyHemorrhage(morphologic abnormality)
OccurrenceMaternal pregnancy period(qualifier value)
Finding sitePlacental structure(body structure)
Associated morphologyHemorrhage(morphologic abnormality)
OccurrenceFetal period(qualifier value)
Finding siteStructure of fetal part of placenta(body structure)

Where you may see this code

You may see this concept in clinical documentation systems, problem lists, terminology services, interoperability records, or semantic mapping workflows.

Common synonyms

Leakage of fetal blood into maternal circulationFetomaternal transfusionFetomaternal haemorrhageFetal haemorrhage into mother's circulationFetal maternal haemorrhageFetal hemorrhage into mother's circulationFetomaternal hemorrhageFetal maternal hemorrhageFoetal haemorrhage into mother's circulationFoetal maternal haemorrhageFoetal-maternal haemorrhageFoetomaternal haemorrhage

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code71028008
SystemSNOMED_CT
Display nameFetal-maternal hemorrhage
DescriptionFetal-maternal hemorrhage (disorder)

Flags

BillableNo
Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceSNOMED CT
Version20260501T120000Z
Releasesnapshot

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