Status: current, Sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 01-Dec 2025. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
| Id | Description | Lang | Type | Status | Case? | Module |
| 5503549017 | Insertion of intercostal drain | en | Synonym (core metadata concept) | Active | Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) | SNOMED CT core |
| 5503550017 | Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | en | Fully specified name | Active | Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) | SNOMED CT core |
| 5503551018 | Tube thoracostomy | en | Synonym (core metadata concept) | Active | Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) | SNOMED CT core |
| 5503552013 | Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity | en | Synonym (core metadata concept) | Active | Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) | SNOMED CT core |
| 5503553015 | Insertion of pleural tube drain | en | Synonym (core metadata concept) | Active | Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) | SNOMED CT core |
| 5503554014 | Insertion of pleural chest drain | en | Synonym (core metadata concept) | Active | Entire term case insensitive (core metadata concept) | SNOMED CT core |
| Outbound Relationships | Type | Target | Active | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | Values |
| Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Method | Surgical insertion - action (qualifier value) | true | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Procedure site - Indirect (attribute) | Pleural cavity structure | true | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Direct device | Pleural catheter | true | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Is a | Operation on pleural cavity | true | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Is a | Insertion of drain | false | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Is a | Insertion of indwelling catheter into pleural cavity | true | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Is a | Insertion of thoracic drain (procedure) | true | Inferred relationship | Some |
| Inbound Relationships | Type | Active | Source | Characteristic | Refinability | Group |
| Tube thoracostomy with water seal | Is a | True | Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Insertion of pleural tube using computed tomography guidance (procedure) | Is a | True | Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity using ultrasound guidance (procedure) | Is a | True | Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Opening of chest and insertion of pleural tube drain | Is a | True | Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Thoracentesis with insertion of pleural tube (procedure) | Is a | True | Insertion of drainage tube into pleural cavity (procedure) | Inferred relationship | Some |
This concept is not in any reference sets
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