Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2002. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
| Outbound Relationships | Type | Target | Active | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | Values |
| Foreign body | Is a | Mechanical abnormality | true | Inferred relationship | Some |
| Inbound Relationships | Type | Active | Source | Characteristic | Refinability | Group |
| Puncture wound of right ear with foreign body (disorder) | Associated morphology | True | Foreign body | Inferred relationship | Some | 2 |
| Puncture wound of left ear with foreign body | Associated morphology | True | Foreign body | Inferred relationship | Some | 2 |
| Foreign body in esophageal and/or gastric structures (disorder) | Associated morphology | True | Foreign body | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Laparoscopic removal of foreign body from abdomen (procedure) | Direct morphology | True | Foreign body | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Removal of foreign body from middle ear (procedure) | Direct morphology | True | Foreign body | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Removal of foreign body from head and/or neck with incision | Direct morphology | True | Foreign body | Inferred relationship | Some | 2 |
This concept is not in any reference sets