Base profile: https://www.hl7.org/fhir/procedure.html
Procedure is used specifically for the Past Surgical History and Ocular Surgical History sections of the Clipboard — for other clipboard sections, including Past Medical History and Ocular History (non-surgical), use Condition instead.
Supported operations: Create, Read, and Search only — there is no Update.
The following attributes are supported:
| Field Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| identifier | Required.value must be PSX (Past Surgical History) or OSX (Ocular Surgical History) — no other values are accepted. This is the only field that determines which section the Procedure is filed under. |
| subject | Required. Reference to Patient. |
| code | Required. 1–2 SNOMED CT codings. |
| status | Required, and must be completed — no other value is accepted. |
| category | Always set to DIAGNOSIS/"Diagnosis" on the returned resource, regardless of what's submitted. |
onsetDateTime, recordedDate, and note are not supported — they aren't returned on read even if submitted.
Procedure CREATE
{
"resourceType": "Procedure",
"status": "completed",
"identifier": [
{ "value": "PSX" }
],
"code": {
"coding": [
{ "system": "SNOMED CT", "code": "442338001", "display": "Biopsy of prostate" }
]
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/EXAMPLE-ID",
"display": "Test Sample"
}
}Omitting identifier, or sending a value other than PSX/OSX, fails the request outright — unlike Condition, there is no default-section fallback for Procedure.
Procedure READ
The resource id is in the form PSX|<integer> or OSX|<integer> — a plain numeric id, or the wrong prefix for that record, returns an error.
Procedure SEARCH
Both patient and identifier are required (unlike Condition, where both are optional). identifier must be in the form identifier=procedure-type|PSX or identifier=procedure-type|OSX.