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Summary: No objection to removing the intent from "diagnostic endoscopy" codes.
Analysis: There is evidence of some "diagnostic endoscopy" codes in some value sets from the Value Set Authority Center (VSAC).
For example:
232516003 Diagnostic endoscopy of nose and sinuses (procedure) SNOMEDCT 2021-03 2.16.840.1.113883.6.96 363071007 Diagnostic endoscopy (procedure) SNOMEDCT 2021-03 2.16.840.1.113883.6.96 387718007 Diagnostic endoscopy of ureter (procedure) SNOMEDCT 2021-03 2.16.840.1.113883.6.96 448121001 Diagnostic endoscopy of lower bowel using fiberoptic sigmoidoscope (procedure)
However, this broad value set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.88.12.80.28) seems to contain all 59k procedures and does not represent specific use of these concepts.
There are also "diagnostic endoscopy" codes in the value set Specimen Collection Method (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1062.5), including: