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The possible modes of updating that occur when an attribute is received by a system that already contains values for that attribute.
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="v3-HL7UpdateMode"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2014-12-11T00:00:00.000+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:2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.10018"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/vs/HL7UpdateMode"/> <version value="2014-12-11"/> <name value="v3 Code System HL7UpdateMode"/> <publisher value="HL7, Inc"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7.org"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value=" The possible modes of updating that occur when an attribute is received by a system that already contains values for that attribute."/> <status value="active"/> <experimental value="false"/> <date value="2014-12-11"/> <define> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.5.57"/> </extension> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/HL7UpdateMode"/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <concept> <code value="A"/> <abstract value="false"/> <display value="Add"/> <definition value="Description:The item was (or is to be) added, having not been present immediately before. (If it is already present, this may be treated as an error condition.)"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="AR"/> <abstract value="false"/> <display value="Add or Replace"/> <definition value="Description:The item was (or is to be) either added or replaced."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="D"/> <abstract value="false"/> <display value="Remove"/> <definition value="Description:The item was (or is to be) removed (sometimes referred to as deleted). If the item is part of a collection, delete any matching items."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="K"/> <abstract value="false"/> <display value="Key"/> <definition value="Description:This item is part of the identifying information for this object."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="N"/> <abstract value="false"/> <display value="No Change"/> <definition value="Description:There was (or is to be) no change to the item. This is primarily used when this element has not changed, but other attributes in the instance have changed."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="R"/> <abstract value="false"/> <display value="Replace"/> <definition value="Description:The item existed previously and has (or is to be) revised. (If an item does not already exist, this may be treated as an error condition.)"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="REF"/> <abstract value="false"/> <display value="Reference"/> <definition value="Description:This item provides enough information to allow a processing system to locate the full applicable record by identifying the object."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="U"/> <abstract value="false"/> <display value="Unknown"/> <definition value="Description:Description:</b>It is not specified whether or what kind of change has occurred to the item, or whether the item is present as a reference or identifying property."/> </concept> </define> </ValueSet>
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