What distinguishes surgeries from procedures

Surgeries are procedures that involve making an incision into the skin. While procedures are any medical or surgical processes with a pre-determined sequence such that if executed leads to a desired result.

If you have heard the terms "medical procedure" and "surgical procedure" ; you now know that someone is being cut in one type and not the other.

Surgeries typically involve putting the subject under some type of anesthesia, while procedures usually use some type of numbing cream/gel/injection