Appendix 1 – List of colonoscopy terms We used the following list of UMLS concepts to find colonoscopies. The Table lists the concepts used and the concept preferred name. The KnowledgeMap concept indentifier uses all strings (i.e., synonyms) identified in the UMLS for each concept as well as other abbreviation, acronyms, and linguistic variants generated by the KMCI system. (For complete details please see our previous description of these methods.1) CUI C0009378 C0009556 C0180022 C0192899 C0192901 C0192902 C0192903 C0192904 C0192905 C0192906 C0192909 C0192909 C0192909 C0192910 C0192913 C0192914 C0192915 C0192916 C0239081 C0372087 C0372134 C0399623 C0742612 C0751041 C0810150 C1548837 Concept Preferred Name Colonoscopy Complete colonoscopy Colonoscope Colonoscopy with rigid sigmoidoscope through colotomy Fiberoptic colonoscopy with biopsy Fiberoptic colonoscopy for removal of polypoid lesion Fiberoptic colonoscopy for ablation of mucosal lesion or tumor by electrocoagulation Fiberoptic colonoscopy for ablation of mucosal lesion or tumor by laser photocoagulation Fiberoptic colonoscopy for ablation of mucosal lesion by hot biopsy and fulguration Fiberoptic colonoscopy for removal of foreign body Fiberoptic colonoscopy through colostomy Colonoscopy through artificial stoma Fibreoptic colonoscopy through colostomy Fiberoptic colonoscopy through colostomy for removal of foreign body Fiberoptic colonoscopy through colostomy for biopsy Fiberoptic colonoscopy through colostomy for removal of polypoid lesion Fiberoptic colonoscopy through colostomy for ablation of mucosal lesion or tumor by laser Fiberoptic colonoscopy through colostomy for ablation of mucosal lesion or tumor by hot biopsy and fulguration Colonoscopy normal Colonoscopy Colonoscopy, flexible, proximal to splenic flexure; with removal of foreign body Intraoperative colonoscopy COLON NOS POLYPECTOMY COLONOSCOPY Colonoscopic Surgical Procedure Colonoscopy with biopsy Colonoscopy 1. Denny JC, Smithers JD, Miller RA, Spickard A, 3rd. "Understanding" medical school curriculum content using KnowledgeMap. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2003 Jul-Aug;10(4):35162. PMCID: PMC181986.