# Procedure (EU core) - HL7 Europe Base and Core FHIR IG v2.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Procedure (EU core)**

## Resource Profile: Procedure (EU core) 

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| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/procedure-eu-core | *Version*:2.0.0 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 2 | *Computable Name*:ProcedureEuCore |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | | |

 
This profile introduces essential constraints and extensions for the Procedure resource that apply across multiple use cases. 

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [Procedure (EU core)](StructureDefinition-procedure-eu-core.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [Procedure/procedure-eu-core-example](Procedure-procedure-eu-core-example.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/hl7.fhir.eu.base|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-procedure-eu-core.json)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-procedure-eu-core.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-procedure-eu-core.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-procedure-eu-core.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "procedure-eu-core",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 2
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/procedure-eu-core",
  "version" : "2.0.0",
  "name" : "ProcedureEuCore",
  "title" : "Procedure (EU core)",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-08-31T14:10:19+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile introduces essential constraints and extensions for the Procedure resource that apply across multiple use cases.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "workflow",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
    "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Procedure",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Procedure",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Procedure",
      "path" : "Procedure"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.language",
      "path" : "Procedure.language",
      "short" : "Language of the procedure"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.text",
      "path" : "Procedure.text",
      "short" : "Textual representation of the procedure"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.extension",
      "path" : "Procedure.extension",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "value",
          "path" : "url"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.extension:recorded",
      "path" : "Procedure.extension",
      "sliceName" : "recorded",
      "short" : "Date when the procedure was recorded",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Procedure.recorded"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.identifier",
      "path" : "Procedure.identifier",
      "short" : "Identifier for the procedure"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.code",
      "path" : "Procedure.code",
      "definition" : "Identification of the procedure or recording of \"absence of relevant procedures\" or of \"procedures unknown\".",
      "min" : 1,
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/ips/ValueSet/procedures-uv-ips"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.subject",
      "path" : "Procedure.subject",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.performed[x]",
      "path" : "Procedure.performed[x]",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.recorder",
      "path" : "Procedure.recorder",
      "short" : "The person or organization who recorded the procedure"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.asserter",
      "path" : "Procedure.asserter",
      "short" : "The person or organization who asserts the procedure"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.performer.actor",
      "path" : "Procedure.performer.actor",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/practitionerRole-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/practitioner-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device",
        "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/patient-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson",
        "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/organization-eu-core"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.performer.onBehalfOf",
      "path" : "Procedure.performer.onBehalfOf",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/organization-eu-core"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.reasonCode",
      "path" : "Procedure.reasonCode",
      "short" : "Why the procedure was performed (code)"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.reasonReference",
      "path" : "Procedure.reasonReference",
      "short" : "Why the procedure was performed (details)",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/condition-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Observation",
        "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/procedure-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DiagnosticReport",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DocumentReference"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.bodySite",
      "path" : "Procedure.bodySite",
      "definition" : "Anatomical location which is the focus of the problem.",
      "constraint" : [{
        "key" : "eu-bodysite-1",
        "severity" : "error",
        "human" : "Either a body site code or a reference to a BodyStructure resource SHALL be used, but not both.",
        "expression" : "(coding.empty() and text.empty()) or extension('http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/bodySite').empty()",
        "source" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/procedure-eu-core"
      }],
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "preferred",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/body-site"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.bodySite.extension:bodySite",
      "path" : "Procedure.bodySite.extension",
      "sliceName" : "bodySite",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/bodySite"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.bodySite.extension:bodySite.value[x]",
      "path" : "Procedure.bodySite.extension.value[x]",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/bodyStructure-eu-core"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.outcome",
      "path" : "Procedure.outcome",
      "short" : "Outcome of the procedure"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.complication",
      "path" : "Procedure.complication",
      "short" : "Complications that occurred during the procedure (code)"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.complicationDetail",
      "path" : "Procedure.complicationDetail",
      "short" : "Complications that occurred during the procedure (details)",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/condition-eu-core"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.note",
      "path" : "Procedure.note",
      "short" : "Additional information about the procedure."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.focalDevice",
      "path" : "Procedure.focalDevice",
      "short" : "Device implanted, removed or otherwise manipulated"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.usedReference",
      "path" : "Procedure.usedReference",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device",
        "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/medication-eu-core",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Substance"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Procedure.usedCode",
      "path" : "Procedure.usedCode",
      "short" : "Device used to perform the procedure (code)"
    }]
  }
}

```
