# Lateralized Procedure Naming Conventions

## Procedure concepts with a body structure that has a left/right side

When creating a lateralized procedure concept, two concepts should be created:

1. concept for the left side
2. concept for the right side

When creating a lateralized procedure concept, if a non-lateralized parent does not exist, then it should be created as well. In other words, do not just create the right and left versions, but also create a concept to represent the laterality-agnostic parent.

* For example,
  * When creating *Excision of left mastoid* and *Excision of right mastoid*, also ensure a concept for *Excision of mastoid* exists.

The acceptable naming pattern for procedures with lateralizable body parts:

* FSN: of bilateral (procedure)
* PT: of bilateral
* SYN: of both

Bilateral procedures should be modeled using two relationship groups, one for each lateralized body structure.

* For example,
  * 895470004 | Amputation of bilateral upper limbs (procedure)|

    * FSN: Amputation of bilateral upper limbs (procedure)
    * PT: Amputation of bilateral upper limbs
    * SYN: Amputation of both upper limbs

    <figure><img src="https://4060284305-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FuoSxuN6wQMDYcvuq2wNX%2Fuploads%2FhiJs7R7LQwLx2rDAjmhm%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=61764bcd-349e-4af5-a04d-675e2820f034" alt=""><figcaption><p>Stated view of 895470004 |Amputation of bilateral upper limbs (procedure)|</p></figcaption></figure>

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Other synonyms may be added if requested, e.g. *L* *eft and right* *X* ; *Bilateral X,* etc.
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