Status: current, Sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2011. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
| Outbound Relationships | Type | Target | Active | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | Values |
| Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of esophagus by abdominal approach (procedure) | Is a | Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of esophagus (procedure) | true | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of esophagus by abdominal approach (procedure) | Using access device (attribute) | Thoracoscope | false | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of esophagus by abdominal approach (procedure) | Method | Excision - action (qualifier value) | false | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of esophagus by abdominal approach (procedure) | Procedure site - Direct (attribute) | Oesophageal structure | false | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of esophagus by abdominal approach (procedure) | Surgical approach (attribute) | Abdominal approach | false | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of esophagus by abdominal approach (procedure) | Surgical approach (attribute) | Abdominal approach | true | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of esophagus by abdominal approach (procedure) | Procedure site - Direct (attribute) | Oesophageal structure | true | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of esophagus by abdominal approach (procedure) | Using access device (attribute) | Thoracoscope | true | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of esophagus by abdominal approach (procedure) | Method | Excision - action (qualifier value) | true | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Video assisted thoracoscopic excision of esophagus by abdominal approach (procedure) | Is a | Operations by approach | true | Inferred relationship | Some |
| Inbound Relationships | Type | Active | Source | Characteristic | Refinability | Group |
This concept is not in any reference sets