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Notes:
PROCEDURE (OPCS) is a procedure other than the PRIMARY PROCEDURE (OPCS).

See PROCEDURE CODING for details on coding.

For Commissioning Data Sets purposes it is recommended that multiple Procedures are recorded and the CDS-XML Message (CDS Version 6 onwards) has been designed to carry as many Procedures as required.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
schema	SECONDARY PROCEDURE (OPCS)
plural	PROCEDURES (OPCS)