Table 2 Top 10 most frequent lexical variants with two or more senses according to distribution type

‘pt’

137

C0030705: Patients

89 %

C0949766: Physical therapy procedure

4 %

C0086835: Structure of the posterior tibial artery

4 %

3 more senses

8 %

‘ct’

82

C0040405: X-Ray computed tomography

95 %

C1274037: Cardiothoracic surgery

2 %

C0008034: Thoracic drain

2 %

1 more sense

1 %

‘m’

62

C0024554: Male gender

81 %

C0018808: Heart murmur

16 %

C0026591: Mother

2 %

1 more sense

2 %

‘ekg’

41

C0013798: Electrocardiogram

98 %

C1623258: Electrocardiographic procedure

2 %

‘f’

37

C0015780: Female

92 %

C0015967: Fever

5 %

CUI-less

3 %

‘cath’

33

C0007430: Catheterization

97 %

C0085590: Catheter

3 %

‘lad’

33

C0226032: Anterior descending branch of left coronary artery

85 %

C0497156: Lymphadenopathy

15 %

‘pcp’

31

C0033131: Primary care physicians

84 %

C0032305: Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii

16 %

‘cad’

31

C1956346: Coronary artery disease

97 %

C0010068: Coronary heart disease

3 %

‘abd’

29

C0562238: Examination of abdomen

90 %

C0000726: Abdominal

10 %

‘bp’

53

C1271104: Blood pressure finding

68 %

C0005823: Blood pressure

32 %

‘r’

43

C0205090: Right

58 %

C0232267: Pericardial rub

23 %

C0035508: Rhonchi

11 %

2 more senses

9 %

‘hr’

40

C0577802: Finding of heart rate

68 %

C0018810: Heart rate

33 %

‘neuro’

34

C0027853: Neurologic examination

79 %

C0205494: Neurologic (qualifier value)

6 %

C0221571: Nervous system problem

6 %

3 more senses

9 %

‘pod’

28

CUI-less

79 %

C0032790: Postoperative period

21 %

‘ra’

26

C2709070: On room air

62 %

C0225844: Right sided atrium

35 %

C0456165: Right atrial pressure

4 %

‘bs’

26

C0232693: Bowel sounds

77 %

C0035234: Respiratory Sounds

23 %

‘pa’

19

C1996865: Postero-anterior

53 %

C0034052: Pulmonary artery structure

37 %

C0428642: Pulmonary artery pressure

11 %

‘rrr’

18

C0232185: Cardiac rhythm AND/OR rate finding

67 %

C0232188: Normal heart right

28 %

C0513693: Monitor rate, rhythm, depth, and effort of respirations

6 %

‘mr’

18

C0026266: Mitral valve insufficiency

78 %

C0024485: Magnetic resonance imaging

22 %

‘c’

25

C0010520: Cyanosis of skin

32 %

C0149651: Clubbing

32 %

C0205064: Cervical

24 %

2 more senses

12 %

‘trach’

9

C0040590: Tracheostomy procedure

33 %

C0184159: Tracheostomy tube

33 %

C0040591: Tracheotomy procedure

11 %

2 more senses

22 %

‘meds’

9

C0013227: Pharmaceutical preparations

44 %

C0025118: Medicine

33 %

C0033081: Drug prescriptions

22 %

‘cont’

8

C0549178: Continuous

38 %

CUI-less

38 %

C0584669: Recommendation to continue with treatment

13 %

1 more sense

13 %

‘v’

6

C0042963: Vomiting

33 %

C0348013: Venous

33 %

C2228490: Examination of trigeminal nerve

33 %

‘d/c’

3

C0030685: Patient discharge

33 %

C1444662: Discontinued

33 %

C1548175: On discharge

33 %

‘pos’

3

C0205531: Oral route

33 %

C0518037: Oral food intake

33 %

C1446409: Positive

33 %

‘cvp’

3

C0199666: Measurement of central venous pressure

33 %

C0428640: Central venous pressure

33 %

C1321771: Central venous pressure finding

33 %