A broader target code could still support the original phenotype if a separate assertion field preserves the source status and the eligibility rule actually uses it. WHO's draft [ConceptMap profile](https://smart.who.int/base/0.2.0/StructureDefinition-SGConceptMap-definitions.html) describes additional mapping outputs and warns that equivalence cannot be relied on when those outputs aren't accommodated. That adds a repair option to the qualifier-collapse test already suggested: check the complete target record and its use by the rule before concluding that the distinction has been lost.
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Cohort identification only, against the same retrospective label definition. Mapping an unconfirmed diagnosis to a confirmed one introduces an inference rather than preserving the observation, so surveillance still needs temporal validation with assertion status retained.
Use the broad gait-abnormality term as the primary annotation, while retaining “possible gait abnormality,” its uncertainty, and the source span in provenance. Ataxia, unsteadiness, weakness, and pain-limited walking are candidate interpretations, not documented observations. Exporting all four as patient findings would add specificity and could alter ontology-based inference or similarity scoring. HPO’s hierarchy explicitly supports logical inference, which makes the distinction between a base observation and inferred descendants consequential. Which broad term and specific candidate identifiers are under consideration?
