Encounter-class.xml

Definition for Value SetEncounterClass

Raw XML

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="encounter-class"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2015-02-23T09:07:27.665+11:00"/>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/Profile/valueset-shareable-definition"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div>
  </text>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/valueset-oid">
    <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.182"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/encounter-class"/>
  <version value="0.4.0"/>
  <name value="EncounterClass"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="Classification of the encounter"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2015-02-23T09:07:27+11:00"/>
  <define>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/valueset-oid">
      <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.182"/>
    </extension>
    <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-class"/>
    <caseSensitive value="true"/>
    <concept>
      <code value="inpatient"/>
      <definition value="An encounter during which the patient is hospitalized and stays overnight."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="outpatient"/>
      <definition value="An encounter during which the patient is not hospitalized overnight."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="ambulatory"/>
      <definition value="An encounter where the patient visits the practitioner in his/her office, e.g. a G.P.
       visit."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="emergency"/>
      <definition value="An encounter where the patient needs urgent care."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="home"/>
      <definition value="An encounter where the practitioner visits the patient at his/her home."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="field"/>
      <definition value="An encounter taking place outside the regular environment for giving care."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="daytime"/>
      <definition value="An encounter where the patient needs more prolonged treatment or investigations than outpatients,
       but who do not need to stay in the hospital overnight."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="virtual"/>
      <definition value="An encounter that takes place where the patient and practitioner do not physically meet
       but use electronic means for contact."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="other"/>
      <definition value="Any other encounter type that is not described by one of the other values. Where this
       is used it is expected that an implementer will include an extension value to define what
       the actual other type is."/>
    </concept>
  </define>
</ValueSet>