A procedure is effectively a surgical event (though some are not exactly surgical.)
See also the schema for Indivo Coded Values and for Indivo Provider Schema.
Schema:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace="http://indivo.org/vocab/xml/documents#" xmlns:indivo="http://indivo.org/vocab/xml/documents#" elementFormDefault="qualified"> <include schemaLocation="../../common/codes.xsd" /> <include schemaLocation="../../common/provider.xsd" /> <element name="Procedure"> <complexType> <sequence> <element name="datePerformed" type="dateTime" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /> <element name="name" type="indivo:CodedValue" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" /> <element name="provider" type="indivo:Provider" minOccurs="0" /> <element name="location" type="string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /> <element name="comments" type="string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /> </sequence> </complexType> </element> </schema>
Example:
<Procedure xmlns="http://indivo.org/vocab/xml/documents#">
<datePerformed>2009-05-16T12:00:00</datePerformed>
<name type="http://codes.indivo.org/procedures#" value="85" abbrev="append">Appendectomy</name>
<provider>
<name>Kenneth Mandl</name>
<institution>Children's Hospital Boston</institution>
</provider>
</Procedure>