Lateralized Procedure Naming Conventions

Procedure concepts with a body structure that has a left/right side

When creating a lateralized procedure concept, two concepts should be created: 

1. concept for the left side

2. concept for the right side

When creating a lateralized procedure concept, if a non-lateralized parent does not exist, then it should be created as well.  In other words, do not just create the right and left versions, but also create a concept to represent the laterality-agnostic parent. 

• For example,

  • When creating Excision of left mastoid and Excision of right mastoid, also ensure a concept for Excision of mastoid exists. 

The acceptable naming pattern for procedures with lateralizable body parts:

• FSN:  <Method> of bilateral <anatomical or acquired body structure> (procedure)

• PT:     <Method> of bilateral <anatomical or acquired body structure>

• SYN:  <Method> of both <anatomical or acquired body structure>

Bilateral procedures should be modeled using two relationship groups, one for each lateralized body structure.

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