Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2003. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
| Outbound Relationships | Type | Target | Active | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | Values | 
| Thoracoplasty procedure (procedure) | Is a | Chest wall excision | true | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Thoracoplasty procedure (procedure) | Method | Excision - action (qualifier value) | false | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Thoracoplasty procedure (procedure) | Procedure site | Chest wall structure | false | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Thoracoplasty procedure (procedure) | Procedure site - Direct (attribute) | Chest wall structure | false | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Thoracoplasty procedure (procedure) | Procedure site - Direct (attribute) | Chest wall structure | true | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | |
| Thoracoplasty procedure (procedure) | Method | Excision - action (qualifier value) | true | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | 
| Inbound Relationships | Type | Active | Source | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | 
| Anesthesia for pulmonary resection with thoracoplasty | Has focus | False | Thoracoplasty procedure (procedure) | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Anesthesia for thoracoplasty | Has focus | True | Thoracoplasty procedure (procedure) | Inferred relationship | Some | 2 | 
This concept is not in any reference sets