HGMD accession number meaning

Question

[Atu]

Hi,

I want find out what do the the prefix string in a HGMD accession number mean. I write down the prefix of the accession numbers I've seen and my guess after my search. Does anybody know something about this? Are they meaningless?

• 'CI' -> Insertion. Coding.
• 'CM' -> Substitution. Coding.
• 'HS' -> Substitution. Intron.
• 'BM' -> ?
• 'CG' -> ?
• 'HX' -> ?
• 'CD' -> Deletion.Coding
• 'CX' -> ?
• 'HI' -> ?
• 'HM' -> ?
• 'CS' -> Splice
• 'CR' -> ?
• 'CP' -> ?
• 'HD' -> ?

Answer 1

[stensonpd]

These numbers are internal unique identifiers to HGMD. It is best that they are treated this way, and no further meaning is inferred, as they are not a reliable way of identifying the type of mutation associated with them.

[Atu]

Thanks for you answer.