---
type: "example"
title: "Procedure Example: procedure-example-colon-biopsy"
resource: "Procedure"
example: "procedure-example-colon-biopsy"
---
# Procedure Example: procedure-example-colon-biopsy

## Narrative

Biopsy of colon, which was part of colonoscopy

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Procedure xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/procedure.xsd">
  <id value="colon-biopsy"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Biopsy of colon, which was part of colonoscopy</div>
  </text>
  <identifier>
       <value value="12345"/>
  </identifier>
  <partOf>
	<reference value="Procedure/colonoscopy"/>
    <display value="Colonoscopy"/>
  </partOf>
  <status value="completed"/>
  <code>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
      <code value="76164006"/>
      <display value="Biopsy of colon (procedure)"/>
    </coding>
    <text value="Biopsy of colon"/>
  </code>
  <subject>
    <reference value="Patient/example"/>
  </subject>
  <performer>
	<actor>
		<reference value="Practitioner/example"/>
		<display value="Dr Adam Careful"/>
	</actor>
  </performer>
  <location>
    <reference value="Location/1"/>
	<display value="Burgers University Medical Center, South Wing, second floor"/>
  </location>
  
</Procedure>
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```