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This endpoint provides relationship information for a concept, showing how it connects to other concepts through various relationship types such as “Is a”, “Part of”, “Has ingredient”, and others in medical vocabularies.

Path Parameters

integer
required
The unique identifier of the concept to retrieve relationships for
Example: 201826 (Type 2 diabetes mellitus)

Query Parameters

string
Comma-separated list of relationship IDs to filter by
Example: Is a,Maps to,Has finding site
string
Filter by the vocabulary of concept_2, the target/related concept
Example: SNOMED,ICD10CM,RxNorm
string
Filter by the domain of concept_2, the target/related concept
Example: Condition,Drug,Procedure
boolean
default:"false"
Only return relationships to standard concepts
boolean
default:"false"
Include relationships to deprecated/invalid concepts
boolean
default:"false"
Include reverse relationships (where this concept is concept_id_2)
integer
default:"1"
Page number for pagination (1-based)
integer
default:"100"
Number of relationships to return per page. Values above 200 are clamped to 200.
string
Specific vocabulary release version
Example: 2025.1

Response

boolean
Whether relationship retrieval completed.
object
Source concept, relationships, and summary.
array
Array of relationship objects
object
Response metadata including pagination

Usage Examples

All Relationships

Get all relationships for a concept:

Hierarchical Relationships Only

Retrieve only “Is a” relationships:

Cross-Vocabulary Mappings

Find mappings to ICD-10:

Including Reverse Relationships

Include relationships where this concept is the target:

Notes

  • Relationship rows have stored source and target sides. Use include_reverse=true to include rows where the queried concept is concept_id_2 as well as concept_id_1.
  • Invalid relationships and concepts are excluded by default; use include_invalid=true to include them.
  • Standard concepts are not filtered by default; use standard_only=true to filter
  • Large concepts may have hundreds of relationships - use pagination appropriately
  • The response includes full concept details for both source and target concepts