Procedure

Definition
Examples
  • Procedure: activities performed in the provision of health care (includes medical history-taking, physical examination, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, training and education, and counseling)

  • Regime/therapy (subtype of procedure): set of procedures focused on a single purpose on one patient over time (e.g. repeated administration of drug in a small dose for an indefinite period of time)

  • 54321008 | Cardiac flow imaging (procedure)|

  • 367428009 | Desensitization therapy (regime/therapy)|

Procedure concepts

Procedure concepts represent activities performed in the provision of health care. This hierarchy represents a broad variety of activities, including but not limited to:

  • Invasive procedures, e.g., 77018005 | Excision of lesion of intracranial artery (procedure)|

  • Administration of medicines, e.g., 39343008 | Pertussis vaccination (procedure)|

  • Imaging procedures, e.g., 47079000 | Ultrasonography of breast (procedure)|

  • Education procedures, e.g., 183063000 | Low salt diet education (procedure)|

  • Administrative procedures, e.g., 305212007 | Medical records transfer (procedure)|

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