68688001: Curettage (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.\Surgical removal\Removal from a surface by repeated strokes of an edged instrument\Scraping done with a curette
• \Procedure by method\To take something off or out, to get rid of, to eliminate\Surgical removal\Removal from a surface by repeated strokes of an edged instrument\Scraping done with a curette

Status: current, Sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jul 2005. Module: SNOMED CT core

Descriptions:

Id	Description	Lang	Type	Status	Case?	Module
2884721019	Scraping done with a curette	en	Definition	Active	Entire term case sensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
114088012	Curettage	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
114091012	Curettement	en	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
808550011	Curettage (procedure)	en	Fully specified name	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	SNOMED CT core
2188131000005111	Curettage	da	Synonym (core metadata concept)	Active	Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept)	Danish module (core metadata concept)

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