Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jul 2008. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
| Outbound Relationships | Type | Target | Active | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | Values |
| Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Is a | Opening - action | true | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Is a | Puncture - action | true | Inferred relationship | Some |
| Inbound Relationships | Type | Active | Source | Characteristic | Refinability | Group |
| Piercing of nail | Method | False | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Piercing of ear lobe | Method | False | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Piercing of external ear | Method | False | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Ritual nasal septum piercing | Method | False | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Piercing of tongue (procedure) | Method | False | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Piercing of genital structure (procedure) | Method | False | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Piercing of umbilicus (procedure) | Method | False | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Labyrinthotomy with tack procedure and mastoidectomy | Method | False | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 3 |
| Perforation of footplate | Method | False | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Sacculotomy of inner ear | Method | False | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Sacculotomy of inner ear | Method | True | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Ritual nasal septum piercing | Method | True | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Piercing of nail | Method | True | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Perforation of footplate | Method | True | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Piercing of ear lobe | Method | True | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Piercing of tongue (procedure) | Method | True | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Piercing of genital structure (procedure) | Method | True | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Piercing of external ear | Method | True | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Piercing of umbilicus (procedure) | Method | True | Surgical piercing - action (qualifier value) | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
This concept is not in any reference sets