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272394005 | Technique (qualifier value) |
A technique (also called method) is a particular way of performing an activity or task.
While a technique describes how a specific observation is performed, it should generally not include specific details about what is being observed, i.e., it should not include a component, specimen type, body site, etc.
Information about what is being observed would be included in a separate attribute of the Observable entity model. provides more details about modeling of observables using various attributes.