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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Procedure concepts