Procedure
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)|