Dear all
The facility to incorporate a maximum length of Fully Specified Name (FSN) and Synonym beyond 255 characters to a maximum of 4096 characters, will be implemented for the July 2026 International Edition release.
Following analysis of the International Edition descriptions, three records have now been identified for an increase to their term to take them over the previous 255 character limit.
Please see the Early Visibility page here (item number 29) for full details of the planned changes:
Please note that as the maximum character length will be standardised to 4096 characters from July 2026 onwards, future description changes or additions will be implemented without early visibility of these changes.
If you have any questions at all please raise them via release@snomed.org.
Kind regards,
Andrew Atkinson | Release Manager