Procedure

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Property
Synonymous names:	Clinical intervention; Surgical operation
METEOR identifier:	269052
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016
Definition:	A series of steps performed by a healthcare professional through which a desired result is intended to be accomplished.
Property group:	Service provision event

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	Dorland I & Newman W.A 2003. Dorland’s illustrated medical dictionary, 30th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Intervention Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Data Element Concepts implementing this property:	Episode of admitted patient care—procedure ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 10/07/2017 Episode of admitted patient care—procedure Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/07/2017