Please find a briefing note or the Editorial Advisory Group
here
. This note includes context and a request for a use case for continued support of duplicate combined procedure concepts such as 418487002 |Computed tomography and drainage of chest (procedure)| (combined procedures) 439476007 |Drainage of thorax using computed tomography guidance (procedure)|.
If there are no supporting use cases, proposal is to inactivate. Example: 418487002 |Computed tomography and drainage of chest (procedure)| Inactivate as Duplicate/Same as 439476007 |Drainage of thorax using computed tomography guidance (procedure)|
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Kind regards,
Kelly Davison, CTSS
Senior Specialist, Standards
Canada Health Infoway
Improving the quality of patient care through the effective sharing of clinical information among health care organizations, clinicians and their patients.
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