Dental Core FHIR Profiles (R4)
Version 0.9.2 - ci-build

CodeSystem: Skeletal Maturity Assessment Method (Experimental)

Official URL: https://fhir.cognovis.de/dental-core/CodeSystem/skeletal-maturity-method Version: 0.9.2
Draft as of 2026-10-03 Computable Name: SkeletalMaturityMethodCS
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.3.7985.2.16.20

Copyright/Legal: Owner-authored method identifiers published without source expressions. Named methods: Baccetti T, Franchi L, McNamara JA. Semin Orthod. 2005;11(3):119-129; Greulich WW, Pyle SI. Radiographic Atlas of Skeletal Development of the Hand and Wrist. 2nd ed. 1959; Fishman LS. Angle Orthod. 1982;52(2):88-112; Tanner JM et al. Assessment of Skeletal Maturity. 3rd ed. 2001.

Named methods that establish skeletal maturity from radiographic evidence. The identifiers are owner-authored because no issuer publishes a consumable code list for the method axis; source wording is not distributed.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

This case-sensitive code system https://fhir.cognovis.de/dental-core/CodeSystem/skeletal-maturity-method provides a fragment that includes following codes:

Code
cervical-vertebral-maturation
greulich-pyle
fishman-smi
tanner-whitehouse