# Procedure (EU core) - HL7 Europe Base and Core FHIR IG v2.0.0-ballot

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Procedure (EU core)**

## Resource Profile: Procedure (EU core) 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/procedure-eu-core | *Version*:2.0.0-ballot | |
| *Standards status:*[Draft](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 1 | *Computable Name*:ProcedureEuCore |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | | |

 
This profile represents the constraints applied to the Procedure resource by this guide. 

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [Procedure (EU core)](StructureDefinition-procedure-eu-core.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [Procedure/procedure-eu-core-example](Procedure-procedure-eu-core-example.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.eu.base|current/StructureDefinition/procedure-eu-core)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-procedure-eu-core.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-procedure-eu-core.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-procedure-eu-core.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "procedure-eu-core",
  "extension" : [
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger" : 1
    },
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
      "valueCode" : "draft"
    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/procedure-eu-core",
  "version" : "2.0.0-ballot",
  "name" : "ProcedureEuCore",
  "title" : "Procedure (EU core)",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2025-12-19T18:28:31+01:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "HL7 Europe",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "This profile represents the constraints applied to the Procedure resource by this guide.",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
          "code" : "150",
          "display" : "Europe"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [
    {
      "identity" : "workflow",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
      "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "rim",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name" : "RIM Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "w5",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
      "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "v2",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
      "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Procedure",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Procedure",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "Procedure",
        "path" : "Procedure"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.text",
        "path" : "Procedure.text",
        "short" : "Textual representation of the procedur"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.extension",
        "path" : "Procedure.extension",
        "slicing" : {
          "discriminator" : [
            {
              "type" : "value",
              "path" : "url"
            }
          ],
          "ordered" : false,
          "rules" : "open"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.extension:bodySite",
        "path" : "Procedure.extension",
        "sliceName" : "bodySite",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Extension",
            "profile" : [
              "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/procedure-targetBodyStructure"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.extension:bodySite.value[x]",
        "path" : "Procedure.extension.value[x]",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : [
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/bodyStructure-eu-core"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.extension:recorded",
        "path" : "Procedure.extension",
        "sliceName" : "recorded",
        "short" : "Date when the procedure was recorded",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Extension",
            "profile" : [
              "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Procedure.recorded"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.identifier",
        "path" : "Procedure.identifier",
        "short" : "Identifier for the procedure"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.code",
        "path" : "Procedure.code",
        "definition" : "Identification of the procedure or recording of \"absence of relevant procedures\" or of \"procedures unknown\".",
        "min" : 1,
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "preferred",
          "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ValueSet/procedures-uv-ips"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.subject",
        "path" : "Procedure.subject",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : [
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.performed[x]",
        "path" : "Procedure.performed[x]",
        "min" : 1
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.performer.actor",
        "path" : "Procedure.performer.actor",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : [
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/practitionerRole-eu-core",
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/practitioner-eu-core",
              "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device",
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core",
              "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson",
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/organization-eu-core"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.performer.onBehalfOf",
        "path" : "Procedure.performer.onBehalfOf",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : [
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/organization-eu-core"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.reasonCode",
        "path" : "Procedure.reasonCode",
        "short" : "Why the procedure was performed (code)"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.reasonReference",
        "path" : "Procedure.reasonReference",
        "short" : "Why the procedure was performed (details)",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : [
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/condition-eu-core",
              "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Observation",
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/procedure-eu-core",
              "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DiagnosticReport",
              "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DocumentReference"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.bodySite",
        "path" : "Procedure.bodySite",
        "definition" : "Anatomical location which is the focus of the problem.",
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "preferred",
          "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/body-site"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.bodySite.extension:bodySite",
        "path" : "Procedure.bodySite.extension",
        "sliceName" : "bodySite",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Extension",
            "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/bodySite"]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.bodySite.extension:bodySite.value[x]",
        "path" : "Procedure.bodySite.extension.value[x]",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : [
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/bodyStructure-eu-core"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.outcome",
        "path" : "Procedure.outcome",
        "short" : "Outcome of the procedure"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.complication",
        "path" : "Procedure.complication",
        "short" : "Complications that occurred during the procedure (code)"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.complicationDetail",
        "path" : "Procedure.complicationDetail",
        "short" : "Complications that occurred during the procedure (details)",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : [
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/condition-eu-core"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.note",
        "path" : "Procedure.note",
        "short" : "Additional information about the procedure."
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.focalDevice",
        "path" : "Procedure.focalDevice",
        "short" : "Device implanted, removed or otherwise manipulated"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.usedReference",
        "path" : "Procedure.usedReference",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : [
              "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device",
              "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/medication-eu-core",
              "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Substance"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Procedure.usedCode",
        "path" : "Procedure.usedCode",
        "short" : "Device used to perform the procedure (code)"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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