# Metastatic morphology disposition briefing note

**URL:** <https://forums.snomed.org/t/metastatic-morphology-disposition-briefing-note/1607>\
**Category:** Editorial AG\
**Tags:** information\
**Created:** [September 17, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.snomed.org/t/metastatic-morphology-disposition-briefing-note/1607 "2026-09-17T17:00:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@jcase](https://forums.snomed.org/u/jcase)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.snomed.org/t/metastatic-morphology-disposition-briefing-note/1607/1 "2026-09-17T17:00:41Z")

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I call your attention to a recent briefing note reagrding Metastatic morpohology concepts and related disorder modeling:

[https://forums.snomed.org/uploads/short-url/h3arUJNdHl9dEIiZSLgP6FgzcC8.pdf](https://forums.snomed.org/uploads/short-url/h3arUJNdHl9dEIiZSLgP6FgzcC8.pdf)

Please post any comments on the Briefing Note forum page:

> [@Metastatic morphology and disorder modeling](https://forums.snomed.org/t/metastatic-morphology-and-disorder-modeling/1604):
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> Briefing Note Purpose This Briefing Note seeks input on how SNOMED CT should represent metastatic behavior inmorphologic abnormality and disorder concepts. It is an information gathering exercise.A recommendation to remove the metastatic morphologic abnormalities has been raised by theObservational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) group and the SNOMED CT HistologyContent Quality Project Group. [Metastatic morphology and disorder modeling BN v0.04.docx.pdf](https://forums.snomed.org/uploads/short-url/h3arUJNdHl9dEIiZSLgP6FgzcC8.pdf) (173.3 KB) Date creat…