New version of CIEL dictionary has been added to dropbox and on Open Concept Lab for March 23, 2026!
CIEL has been designated a Digital Global Good by Digital Square!! This is added to its Digital Public Good designation from the DPGA!
Just wanted to let folks know that I am posting a new version of the CIEL concept dictionary in the dropbox with versions including 1.11.6, 2.0.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4.5 and 2.5.5. Note that I will no longer be releasing in versions prior to 1.11!
Can I please remind everyone using the CIEL dictionary that this is a trust model. We are providing the service to the community and the community assists by providing concepts they require back to CIEL. This also includes translation of CIEL concepts into other languages. If you have added concepts to your dictionary and have not reported them back to CIEL, I strongly encourage you to do so (if guilt doesn’t work, then I will start to harass you :).
Be sure to read the wiki: om.rs/getciel
NOTE THAT THE DISTRIBUTION METHODOLOGY FOR CIEL USING THE OPEN CONCEPT LAB IS THE PREFERRED DISTRIBUTION MEDIUM FOR CIEL.
Each version includes the global property ciel.conceptsVersion which contains the date of the release in YYYYMMDD format. A new global property update was added for 1.11+ which will force recreation of the word index as this is no longer included as part of the CIEL upload.
This release added some new concepts for drugs, labs and Ballard maturity scoring. Most of this release was cleaning up of Spanish concept names, and addition of French and Portuguese translations. Please continue to help QA the French and now Portuguese translations, please. Contributing your concept prevalence data to the study will help fill gaps to CIEL and maps to ICD-11, so please see: Concept Prevalence Study FAQ - Google Docs
The drug table was not updated for this release. We are working on getting a new version of the drug table out, but if you are interested, reach out to me separately.
The list of new concepts (English names) :
“concept_id” “name” “Class” “Datatype” “description”
“170702” “Lumateperone” “Drug” “N/A”
“170701” “Dipress HL” “Drug” “N/A”
“170701” “TrILopacE” “Drug” “N/A”
“170701” “Amlonis H” “Drug” “N/A”
“170701” “Amlosar H” “Drug” “N/A”
“170701” “Nusar Amh” “Drug” “N/A”
“170701” “Asomex Lth” “Drug” “N/A”
“170701” “Resitan Amh” “Drug” “N/A”
“170701” “Adblock LH” “Drug” “N/A”
“170701” “Camlosar H” “Drug” “N/A”
“170701” “Amlozaar H” “Drug” “N/A”
“170701” “Amlodipine / hydrochlorothiazide / losartan” “Drug” “N/A”
“170700” “Bolinan” “Drug” “N/A”
“170700” “Crospovidone” “Drug” “N/A”
“170699” “Syschol” “Drug” “N/A”
“170699” “Citicoline” “Drug” “N/A”
“170698” “Antipyrine / lidocaine” “Drug” “N/A”
“170698” “Lidocaine / phenazone” “Drug” “N/A”
“170698” “Otipax” “Drug” “N/A”
“170697” “Dexamethasone / framycetin” “Drug” “N/A”
“170697” “Frakidex” “Drug” “N/A”
“170696” “Metronidazole / neomycin / nystatin” “Drug” “N/A”
“170696” “Tergynan” “Drug” “N/A”
“170695” “Polygynax” “Drug” “N/A”
“170695” “Neomycin / nystatin / polymyxin B” “Drug” “N/A”
“170694” “Zinnia F” “Drug” “N/A”
“170694” “Ethinylestradiol / ferrous fumarate / levonorgestrel” “Drug” “N/A”
“170693” “Paidoterin” “Drug” “N/A”
“170693” “Chlorpheniramine / diphenhydramine / phenylephrine” “Drug” “N/A”
“170692” “Ballard physical maturity score set” “ConvSet” “N/A”
“170691” “Ballard genitals score, female” “Question” “Numeric”
“170690” “Ballard genitals score, male” “Question” “Numeric”
“170689” “Ballard eye/ear score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170688” “Ballard breast score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170687” “Ballard plantar surface score” “Test” “Numeric”
“170686” “Ballard lanugo score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170685” “Ballard skin score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170684” “Ballard neuromuscular maturity score set” “ConvSet” “N/A”
“170682” “Ballard scarf sign score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170681” “Ballard popliteal angle score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170680” “Ballard arm recoil score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170679” “Ballard square window score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170678” “Ballard posture score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170677” “Ballard physical maturity score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170676” “Ballard neuromuscular maturity score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170675” “Ballard maturity assessment score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170675” “New Ballard Score” “Question” “Numeric”
“170674” “Transcutaneous bilirubin (mg/dL)” “Test” “Numeric”
“170673” “Caffeine / opium / paracetamol” “Drug” “N/A”
“170673” “Acetaminophen / caffeine / opium” “Drug” “N/A”
“170673” “Lamaline” “Drug” “N/A”