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10.4 Procedure Technique (Current)
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## 10.4 Procedure Technique

Template ID | 1.2.840.10008.9.14
Name | Procedure Technique
Effective Date | 2015/03/24
Version Label | DICOM-20150324
Status | Active
Description | The Procedure Technique entry allows the encoding of various parameters of the image acquisition. Other details may be found in other entries (e.g., procedural medication).
Classification | CDA Entry Level
Relationships | Included in 9.3 Imaging Procedure Description and 9.4 Comparison Study
Context | parent node
Open/Closed | Open
Revision History | DICOM-20150324: Initial version

Business Name | Nest Level | Element/​Attribute | Card | Elem/Attr Conf | Data Type | Value Conf | Value | Subsidiary Template
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Procedure​Technique |  | procedure | 1..1 | SHALL |  |  |  |
| @ | @classCode | 1..1 | SHALL | CS | SHALL | PROC |
| @ | @moodCode | 1..1 | SHALL | CS | SHALL | EVN |
| > | template​Id | 1..1 | SHALL | II |  |  |
| >@ | @root | 1..1 | SHALL | UID |  | 1.2.840.10008.9.14 |
| > | id | 1..1 | SHALL | II |  |  |
Procedure​Code | > | code | 1..1 | SHALL | CD |  | Concept​Domain ProcedureCode |
| > | text | 0..1 | SHOULD | ED |  |  |
Ref | >> | reference | 1..1 | SHALL | URL (XML IDREF) |  | # content​Ref |
Effective​Time | > | effective​Time | 0..1 | SHOULD | IVL <TS> |  |  |
Modality | > | method​Code | 1..* | SHALL | CD | SHALL CNE | ValueSet CID 29 “Acquisition Modality” |
Method​Code | > | method​Code | 0..* | MAY | CD |  | Concept​Domain ImagingTechnique |
Target​Site | > | target​Site​Code | 0..* | SHOULD | CD |  | Concept​Domain TargetSite |
| >> | qualifier | 0..1 | COND |  |  |  |
| >>> | name | 1..1 | SHALL | CD | SHALL | (272741003, SNOMED CT, "laterality") |
Laterality | >>> | value | 1..1 | SHALL | CD | SHALL CNE | ValueSet CID 244 “Laterality” |
| > | participation | 0..1 | COND |  |  |  |
| >@ | @typecode | 1..1 | SHALL | CS | SHALL | LOC |
| >> | participant​Role | 1..1 | SHALL |  |  |  |
| >>@ | class​Code | 1..1 | SHALL | CS | SHALL | SDLOC |
| >>> | scoping​Entity | 1..1 | SHALL |  |  |  |
Provider​Organization | >>>> | desc | 1..1 | SHALL | ST |  |  |

### 10.4.1 id

procedure/id does not correspond to any DICOM UID, but is an arbitrary identifier for this entry.

Example 10.4-1. Procedure Technique template example

    <procedure moodCode="EVN" classCode="PROC">
        <templateId root="1.2.840.10008.9.14"/>
        <id root="1.2.840.6544.33.9100653988998717.997527582345600170"/>
        <code code="RPID465"
            displayName="MR NECK ANGIOGRAPHY"
            codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.256"
            codeSystemName="RadLex"/>
        <text><reference value="#proc"/></text>
        <effectiveTime value="20140913222400"/>
        <methodCode code="MR"
            displayName="Magnetic Resonance"
            codeSystem="1.2.840.10008.2.16.4" codeSystemName="DCM"/>
        <targetSiteCode code="45048000"
            codeSystem="2.16.840.1.113883.6.96" codeSystemName="SNOMED CT"
            displayName="Neck (structure)">
        </targetSiteCode>
    </procedure>

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