19484001: Decompressive incision (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, vaporize, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Decompression operation (procedure)\An incision that relieves abnormal pressure on a structure.
• \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, vaporize, freeze, suture, probe, or manipulate by closed reductions.\Making a cut in something\An incision that relieves abnormal pressure on a structure.
• \Procedure by method\Decompression (procedure)\Decompression operation (procedure)\An incision that relieves abnormal pressure on a structure.
• \Procedure by method\Making a cut in something\An incision that relieves abnormal pressure on a structure.

Status: current, Sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jul 2004. Module: SNOMED CT core

Descriptions:

Id	Description	Lang	Type	Status	Case?	Module
5277155019	An incision that relieves abnormal pressure on a structure.	en	Definition	Active	Entire term case sensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
32819015	Decompressive incision	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
747656011	Decompressive incision (procedure)	en	Fully specified name	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
7049781000241111	incision de décompression	fr	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT Switzerland NRC maintained Module

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