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9.8.5.5 entry/observation Indication

An indication for procedure recorded in this section should be consistent with any indications identified in the 9.2 Clinical Information and/or 9.8.2 Procedure Indications section. It is included here for conformance with regulatory requirements in some jurisdictions for the indications to be specified in the context of the radiation exposure information.

The binding to the Coded Observation concept domains is:

Concept Domain or Element

Value Conf

Value

Observation​Type

SHALL

(432678004, SNOMED, "Indication for procedure")

Other concept domains

unspecified

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