Background: CIGs languages consist of approach specific concepts. More widely used concepts, such as those in UMLS are not typically used.
Objective: An evaluation of UMLS concept sufficiency for CIG definition.
Method: A popular guideline is mapped to UMLS concepts with NLP. Results are reviewed to evaluate gaps, and appropriateness.
Results: A significant number of the guideline text mapped to UMLS concepts.
Conclusions: The approach has shown promise and highlighted further challenges.
Keywords: computer interpretable guidelines; knowledge representation; natural language processing; practice guideline.