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- 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)
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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.
- Administration of medicines, e.g.
- Imaging procedures, e.g.
- Education procedures, e.g.
- Administrative procedures, e.g.