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

## Narrative

Routine Appendectomy

## 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="example"/>
  <meta>
    <versionId value="1"/>
  </meta>  
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Routine Appendectomy</div>
  </text>
  <status value="completed"/>
  <code>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
      <code value="80146002"/>
      <display value="Excision of appendix"/>
    </coding>
    <text value="Appendectomy"/>
  </code>
  <subject>
    <reference value="Patient/example"/>
  </subject>
  <occurrenceDateTime value="2013-04-05"/>
  <recorder>
    <reference value="Practitioner/example"/>
    <display value="Dr Cecil Surgeon"/>
  </recorder>
  <reportedReference>
    <reference value="Practitioner/example"/>
    <display value="Dr Cecil Surgeon"/>
  </reportedReference>
  <performer>
    <actor>
      <reference value="Practitioner/example"/>
      <display value="Dr Cecil Surgeon"/>
    </actor>
  </performer>  
  <reason>
       <concept>
         <text value="Generalized abdominal pain 24 hours. Localized in RIF with rebound and guarding"/>
       </concept>
  </reason>
  <followUp>
		<concept>
			<text value="ROS 5 days  - 2013-04-10"/>
		</concept>
   </followUp>
  <note>
    <text value="Routine Appendectomy. Appendix was inflamed and in retro-caecal position"/>
  </note>
  <supportingInfo>
    <reference value="ImagingStudy/example"/>
  </supportingInfo>
</Procedure>
```