ASTP/ONC updates the applicable vocabularies to the latest versions with the publication of each version of USCDI. Quality patient care depends on the availability of current terminology for code systems such as SNOMED Clinical Terms® U.S. Edition, Logical Identifiers Names and Codes® (LOINC), RxNorm, and others.
Applicable Vocabulary Standards in Draft USCDI v7
- CDC Race and Ethnicity Code Set Version 1.3 May 2025
- Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT) 2026, maintained and distributed by the American Dental Association
- Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2026, as maintained and distributed by the American Medical Association, for physician services and other healthcare services
- CVX – Vaccines Administered, updates through January 25, 2026
- FDA Unique Device Identification (UDI) System
- Health Level 7® (HL7) Code System ObservationInterpretation
- Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), as maintained and distributed by HHS
- HL7 Code System SpecimenCondition
- IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) Request for Comment (RFC) 5646, "Tags for Identifying Languages", September 2009
- International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) 2026
- International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) 2026
- ITU-T E.123, Series E: Overall Network Operation, Telephone Service, Service Operation and Human Factors, International operation - General provisions concerning users: Notation for national and international telephone numbers, email addresses and web addresses (incorporated by reference in § 170.299), February 2001
- ITU-T E.164, Series E: Overall Network Operation, Telephone Service, Service Operation and Human Factors, International operation - Numbering plan of the international telephone service: The international public telecommunication numbering plan, November 2010
- Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) version 2.81
- National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (NCIt) v25.12E, FDA Structured Product Labeling (SPL) Terminology
- National Drug Code (NDC), updates through January 25, 2026
- National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Healthcare Facility Patient Care Location (HSLOC) Version 2022
- Occupational Data for Health (ODH), version 20250501
- Project US@ Technical Specification for Patient Addresses, Final Version 1.0
- RxNorm® Full Monthly Release, January 5, 2026
- SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®) U.S. Edition, September 2025 Release
- Source of Payment Typology (SOPT), version 9.2
- The Office of Management and Budget Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity, Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, as revised, October 30, 1997
- The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM), Revision 2.2