Summary
A page to collect information on procedures that in are in high usage in member countries to support prioritisation on procedure sub-hierarchies for QI work. For discussion at the April 2025 CMAG Business Meeting.
Relevant documents
Links
CMAG April Agenda and High Use Procedures
Country response
Country | Date | Response |
|---|---|---|
| Germany |
| We're currently working on translating the entire branch of surgical procedures in preparation for mapping our national procedure classification to SNOMED CT — particularly in light of the EHDS. We're encountering some outdated content, especially involving eponyms that had already been inactivated after we submitted a change request:
As a side note: Interestingly, we’ve come across concepts with one name in English that are used with two names in German — for example, 275238003 |Bassini repair of inguinal hernia (procedure)| is referred to in German as Leistenhernienreparation nach Bassini-Kirschner, because Kirschner modified the original Bassini technique. There are also cases where a technique was developed simultaneously in Europe and the US in the 1920s; in Germany, both names are still in use (I’ll have to look up some examples). We're also encountering naming inconsistencies concerning resection vs. excision, and extirpation vs. removal vs. destruction. I'm happy to share more examples if helpful. I’m aware that this branch, with over 21,000 concepts, is quite large. At the moment, we're not in a position to propose a more strategic approach. Perhaps other members who are already using these concepts or currently working on a mapping project might have input to share. |
| Member countries without a CMAG rep |