173422009: Tonsillectomy (procedure)

SNOMED CT Concept\Procedure\...

\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operation on respiratory tract (procedure)\Operation on upper respiratory tract\Operation on pharynx (procedure)\Operations on tonsil and adenoid\Operation on tonsils (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operation on respiratory tract (procedure)\Operation on upper respiratory tract\Operation on pharynx (procedure)\Pharyngectomy\Partial pharyngectomy\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operation on respiratory tract (procedure)\Operation on upper respiratory tract\Operation on pharynx (procedure)\Operation on oropharynx\Operation on tonsils (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Immune system surgical procedure\Immune system excision (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Surgical removal (procedure)\Excision\Immune system excision (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Surgical removal (procedure)\Excision\Excision of head structure (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Surgical removal (procedure)\Excision\Lymphatic system excision\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Surgical removal (procedure)\Excision\Pharyngectomy\Partial pharyngectomy\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operative procedure on hematopoietic system (procedure)\Operations on tonsil and adenoid\Operation on tonsils (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operative procedure on digestive system\Operative procedure on digestive organ\Operation on pharynx (procedure)\Operations on tonsil and adenoid\Operation on tonsils (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operative procedure on digestive system\Operative procedure on digestive organ\Operation on pharynx (procedure)\Pharyngectomy\Partial pharyngectomy\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operative procedure on digestive system\Operative procedure on digestive organ\Operation on pharynx (procedure)\Operation on oropharynx\Operation on tonsils (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operative procedure on digestive system\Operation on digestive tract\Upper digestive tract operation\Operation on pharynx (procedure)\Operations on tonsil and adenoid\Operation on tonsils (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operative procedure on digestive system\Operation on digestive tract\Upper digestive tract operation\Operation on pharynx (procedure)\Pharyngectomy\Partial pharyngectomy\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operative procedure on digestive system\Operation on digestive tract\Upper digestive tract operation\Operation on pharynx (procedure)\Operation on oropharynx\Operation on tonsils (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operative procedure on head\Operations on tonsil and adenoid\Operation on tonsils (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operative procedure on head\Excision of head structure (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operative procedure on head\Operation on oropharynx\Operation on tonsils (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operation on lymphatic structure\Operations on tonsil and adenoid\Operation on tonsils (procedure)\Tonsillectomy
\Intentional, structural alteration of the human body by mechanical, thermal, light-based, electromagnetic, or chemical means, and/or by the incision or destruction of tissues using instruments to cut, burn, vaporise, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Operation on lymphatic structure\Lymphatic system excision\Tonsillectomy

Status: current, Sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2002. Module: SNOMED CT core

Descriptions:

Expanded Value Set

Outbound Relationships	Type	Target	Active	Characteristic	Refinability	Group	Values
Tonsillectomy	Is a	Operation on tonsils	false	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy	Is a	Surgical removal (procedure)	false	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy	Method (attribute)	Excision - action	false	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	1
Tonsillectomy	Procedure site	Palatine tonsillar structure	false	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	1
Tonsillectomy	Is a	Excision of head structure (procedure)	false	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy	Is a	Excision of tonsil tag	false	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy	Is a	Lymphatic system excision	true	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy	Is a	Operation on tonsils (procedure)	true	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy	Is a	Partial pharyngectomy	true	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy	Is a	Operations on tonsil and adenoid	false	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy	Procedure site - Direct (attribute)	Palatine tonsillar structure	false	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	1
Tonsillectomy	Is a	Immune system surgical procedure	false	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy	Procedure site - Direct (attribute)	Palatine tonsillar structure	true	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	1
Tonsillectomy	Method (attribute)	Excision - action	true	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	1
Tonsillectomy	Is a	Immune system excision (procedure)	true	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy	Is a	Excision of head structure (procedure)	true	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)

Inbound Relationships	Type	Active	Source	Characteristic	Refinability	Group
Dissection tonsillectomy	Is a	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Guillotine tonsillectomy	Is a	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Remnant tonsillectomy	Is a	False	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Histology tonsillectomy	Is a	False	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Excision of lingual tonsil	Is a	False	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Laser excision of bilateral tonsils	Is a	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Other bilateral tonsillectomy	Is a	False	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Other unilateral tonsillectomy	Is a	False	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Other specified excision of tonsil	Is a	False	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Excision of tonsil NOS	Is a	False	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (procedure)	Is a	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Excision of tonsil tag	Is a	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy sample	Specimen procedure (attribute)	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	1
Excision of lesion of tonsil	Is a	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Primary post tonsillectomy haemorrhage	After	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	2
Secondary post tonsillectomy haemorrhage	After	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	2
Tonsillectomy planned	Associated procedure (attribute)	False	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	1
Plasma mediated ablation tonsillectomy (procedure)	Is a	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Tonsillectomy planned	Associated procedure (attribute)	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	1
Tonsillectomy sample	Specimen procedure (attribute)	False	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	1
History of tonsillectomy (situation)	Associated procedure (attribute)	False	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	1
History of tonsillectomy (situation)	Associated procedure (attribute)	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	1
Bleeding following tonsillectomy (disorder)	After	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)	2
Excision of tonsil, palatine arch and superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle	Is a	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)
Intracapsular partial excision of bilateral tonsils (procedure)	Is a	True	Tonsillectomy	Inferred relationship	Existential restriction modifier (core metadata concept)

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Id	Description	Lang	Type	Status	Case?	Module
268484012	Tonsillectomy	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
268485013	Excision of tonsil	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
268486014	Ts - Tonsillectomy	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case sensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
555733015	Tonsillectomy (procedure)	en	Fully specified name	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
268484012	Tonsillectomy	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Only initial character case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
268484012	Tonsillectomy	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
268485013	Excision of tonsil	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Only initial character case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
268485013	Excision of tonsil	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
268486014	Ts - Tonsillectomy	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case sensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
555733015	Tonsillectomy (procedure)	en	Fully specified name	Active	Only initial character case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
555733015	Tonsillectomy (procedure)	en	Fully specified name	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
956331000195113	tonsillectomia	it	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case sensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT Switzerland NRC maintained Module
975031000172110	amygdalectomie	fr	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT Switzerland NRC maintained Module
975031000172110	amygdalectomie	fr	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT Switzerland NRC maintained Module
956331000195113	tonsillectomia	it	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case sensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT Switzerland NRC maintained Module