Status: current, Sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2005. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
| Outbound Relationships | Type | Target | Active | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | Values | 
| Thermocautery | Is a | Cauterization | false | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Thermocautery | Method | Cauterization - action | false | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Thermocautery | Is a | Destructive procedure | false | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Thermocautery | Method | Destruction - action | false | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Thermocautery | Is a | Cauterization | true | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Thermocautery | Method | Thermocautery - action | true | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 | 
| Inbound Relationships | Type | Active | Source | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | 
| Thermocauterization for destruction of lesion of uvula | Is a | False | Thermocautery | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Thermocauterization for destruction of lesion of palate | Is a | True | Thermocautery | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Iridectomy with scleral thermocauterization | Is a | False | Thermocautery | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Repair of entropion by thermocauterization | Is a | False | Thermocautery | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Thermocauterization of sclera with iridectomy | Is a | True | Thermocautery | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Cryosurgery | Is a | False | Thermocautery | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Thermocauterization for destruction of lesion of cornea | Is a | True | Thermocautery | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Repair of ectropion by thermocauterization | Is a | True | Thermocautery | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Thermocauterization of cervix | Is a | True | Thermocautery | Inferred relationship | Some | 
This concept is not in any reference sets