ISO 19465
Traditional Chinese medicine - Categories of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical terminological systems
| Organization: | ISO |
| Publication Date: | 1 February 2017 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| ICS Code (Medical sciences and health care facilities in general): | 11.020 |
scope:
This document specifies a categorial structure within the subject field of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical practice. It describes the upper-level categories of TCM clinical terms and the nomenclature of the hierarchical categories. It is applicable only to clinical terminological systems in TCM disciplines, not to a comprehensive categorial structure of TCM, the conceptual definition of the hierarchy categories, and terms for individual TCM concepts.
The following are considered outside the scope of this document:
- comprehensive categories of TCM;
- the conceptual definition of the hierarchy categories.
- terms for individual TCM concepts;
- the terms or categories of Kampo, Korean medicine and other traditional medicines
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