diff --git a/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT.md b/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT.md index 8c62f19..578be94 100644 --- a/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT.md +++ b/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Field|Required|Type|Description Concepts in the Common Data Model are derived from a number of public or proprietary terminologies such as SNOMED-CT and RxNorm, or custom generated to standardize aspects of observational data. Both types of Concepts are integrated based on the following rules: No.|Convention Description -:--------|:------------------------------------ +:--------|:--------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1 | All Concepts are maintained centrally by the CDM and Vocabularies Working Group. Additional concepts can be added, as needed, upon request. | | 2 | For all Concepts, whether they are custom generated or adopted from published terminologies, a unique numeric identifier concept_id is assigned and used as the key to link all observational data to the corresponding Concept reference data. | | 3 | The concept_id of a Concept is persistent, i.e. stays the same for the same Concept between releases of the Standardized Vocabularies. |