Coding Symbols for a Thesaurus of Adverse Reaction Terms (COSTART)

Ontology Info

Field	Value
Acronyme	COSTART
Description	Coding Symbols for Thesaurus of Adverse Reaction Terms (COSTART). 5th ed. Rockville (MD). COSTART is used for coding, filing, and retrieving post-marketing adverse drug and biologic experience reports. COSTART is organized in body system and pathophysiology hierarchies, as well as a separate fetal/neonatal category of less than 20 terms.<br><br>COSTART has been superseded by the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) Terminology. For more information about MedDRA in the Metathesaurus, see the MedDRA source synopsis.<br><br>COSTART was last updated in the Metathesaurus in 1999.
Format	UMLS
Categories	Health
Groups	Unified Medical Language System

Metric	Value
Classes	1,707
Individuals	0
Properties	1
Max Depth	7
Max Child Count	96
Average Child Count	7
Classes With One Child	45
Classes With More Than 25 Children	16
Classes With No Definition	1,707