Get Similar Concepts by ID
Find OMOP concepts similar to a specific concept identified by its concept ID using semantic similarity - discover related clinical terminology fast.
Overview
This endpoint finds medical concepts that are semantically similar to a specific concept identified by its OMOP concept ID. It uses the same advanced machine learning algorithms as the POST version but optimized for concept-to-concept similarity matching, making it ideal for discovering related concepts when you have a specific starting point.Path Parameters
integer
required
The OMOP concept ID to find similar concepts for
Query Parameters
string
Target vocabularies to search within (comma-separated)
Examples:
Examples:
SNOMED, SNOMED,ICD10CM, RXNORM,NDCstring
Clinical domains to focus the similarity search (comma-separated)
Examples:
Examples:
Condition,Procedure, Drug,Devicestring
Concept classes to include in similarity search (comma-separated)
Examples:
Examples:
Clinical Finding,Procedure, Ingredient,Brand Namenumber
default:"0.7"
Minimum similarity score threshold (0.0 to 1.0)
Higher values = More strict similarity matching
Higher values = More strict similarity matching
integer
default:"20"
Number of similar concepts to return per page
integer
default:"1"
Page number (1-based indexing)
boolean
default:"true"
Include similarity scores in the response
boolean
default:"false"
Include explanations for why concepts are considered similar
string
Filter to standard concepts only
Options:
Options:
S (standard), C (classification), NULL (non-standard)boolean
default:"true"
Include invalid/deprecated concepts in similarity search
string
default:"hybrid"
Similarity algorithm to use
Options:
Options:
semantic (embedding-based), lexical (text-based), hybrid (combined)boolean
default:"true"
Exclude the source concept from results
Response
boolean
Indicates if the request was successful
object
Error information (present only on error responses)
object
Contains the similar concepts search results
Usage Examples
Basic Similarity by ID
Find concepts similar to Type 2 Diabetes (concept ID 44054006):Cross-Vocabulary Similarity
Find similar concepts across multiple vocabularies:Drug Similarity Search
Find similar pharmaceutical concepts:High-Precision Similarity
Get only highly similar concepts with detailed scoring:Performance Notes
- Concept-to-concept similarity is typically faster than query-based similarity
- Hybrid algorithm provides best balance of accuracy and performance
- Semantic algorithm is most accurate but computationally intensive
- Caching is applied for frequently requested concept similarities
Related Endpoints
- POST Search Similar - Find similar concepts using query text
- Get Concept - Get detailed information about a specific concept