This value set defines its own terms in the system http://hl7.org/fhir/defined-types
| Code | Definition |
| Address | There is a variety of postal address formats defined around the world. This format defines a superset that is the basis for all addresses around the world. |
| Age | A duration (length of time) with a UCUM code |
| Attachment | For referring to data content defined in other formats. |
| BackboneElement | Base definition for all elements that are defined inside a resource - but not those in a data type. |
| CodeableConcept | A concept that may be defined by a formal reference to a terminology or ontology or may be provided by text. |
| Coding | A reference to a code defined by a terminology system. |
| ContactPoint | Details for All kinds of technology mediated contact points for a person or organization, including telephone, email, etc. |
| Count | A count of a discrete element (no unit) |
| Distance | A measure of distance |
| Duration | A length of time |
| Element | Base definition for all elements in a resource. |
| ElementDefinition | Captures constraints on each element within the resource, profile, or extension. |
| Extension | Optional Extensions Element - found in all resources. |
| HumanName | A human's name with the ability to identify parts and usage. |
| Identifier | A technical identifier - identifies some entity uniquely and unambiguously. |
| Meta | The metadata about a resource. This is content in the resource that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content may not always be associated with version changes to the resource. |
| Money | An amount of money. With regard to precision, see [[X]] |
| Narrative | A human-readable formatted text, including images. |
| Period | A time period defined by a start and end date and optionally time. |
| Quantity | A measured amount (or an amount that can potentially be measured). Note that measured amounts include amounts that are not precisely quantified, including amounts involving arbitrary units and floating currencies. |
| Range | A set of ordered Quantities defined by a low and high limit. |
| Ratio | A relationship of two Quantity values - expressed as a numerator and a denominator. |
| Reference | A reference from one resource to another. |
| SampledData | A series of measurements taken by a device, with upper and lower limits. There may be more than one dimension in the data. |
| Signature | An XML digital signature along with supporting context. |
| Timing | Specifies an event that may occur multiple times. Timing schedules are used to record when things are expected or requested to occur. The most common usage is in dosage instructions for medications. They are also used when planning care of various kinds. |
| base64Binary | A stream of bytes |
| boolean | Value of "true" or "false" |
| code | A string which has at least one character and no leading or trailing whitespace and where there is no whitespace other than single spaces in the contents |
| date | A date, or partial date (e.g. just year or year + month). There is no time zone. The format is a union of the schema types gYear, gYearMonth and date. Dates SHALL be valid dates. |
| dateTime | A date, date-time or partial date (e.g. just year or year + month). If hours and minutes are specified, a time zone SHALL be populated. The format is a union of the schema types gYear, gYearMonth, date and dateTime. Seconds must be provided due to schema type constraints but may be zero-filled and may be ignored. Dates SHALL be valid dates. |
| decimal | A rational number with implicit precision |
| id | Any combination of lowercase letters, numerals, "-" and ".", with a length limit of 36 characters. (This might be an integer, an unprefixed OID, UUID or any other identifier pattern that meets these constraints.) Systems SHALL send ids as lower-case but SHOULD interpret them case-insensitively. |
| instant | An instant in time - known at least to the second |
| integer | A whole number |
| oid | An oid represented as a URI |
| positiveInt | An integer with a value that is positive (e.g. >0) |
| string | A sequence of Unicode characters |
| time | A time during the day, with no date specified |
| unsignedInt | An integer with a value that is not negative (e.g. >= 0) |
| uri | String of characters used to identify a name or a resource |
| uuid | A UUID, represented as a URI |
| AllergyIntolerance | Risk of harmful or undesirable, physiological response which is unique to an individual and associated with exposure to a substance. |
| Appointment | A booking of a healthcare event among patient(s), practitioner(s), related person(s) and/or device(s) for a specific date/time. This may result in one or more Encounter(s). |
| AppointmentResponse | A reply to an appointment request for a patient and/or practitioner(s), such as a confirmation or rejection. |
| AuditEvent | A record of an event made for purposes of maintaining a security log. Typical uses include detection of intrusion attempts and monitoring for inappropriate usage. |
| Basic | Basic is used for handling concepts not yet defined in FHIR, narrative-only resources that don't map to an existing resource, and custom resources not appropriate for inclusion in the FHIR specification. |
| Binary | A binary resource can contain any content, whether text, image, pdf, zip archive, etc. |
| BodySite | Record details about the anatomical location of a specimen or body part. This resource may be used when a coded concept does not provide the necessary detail needed for the use case. |
| Bundle | A container for a collection of resources. |
| CarePlan | Describes the intention of how one or more practitioners intend to deliver care for a particular patient for a period of time, possibly limited to care for a specific condition or set of conditions. |
| Claim | A provider issued list of services and products provided, or to be provided, to a patient which is provided to an insurer for payment recovery. |
| ClaimResponse | This resource provides the adjudication details from the processing of a Claim resource. |
| ClinicalImpression | A record of a clinical assessment performed to determine what problem(s) may affect the patient and before planning the treatments or management strategies that are best to manage a patient's condition. Assessments are often 1:1 with a clinical consultation / encounter, but this varies greatly depending on the clinical workflow. This resource is called "ClinicalImpression" rather than "ClinicalAssessment" to avoid confusion with the recording of assessment tools such as Apgar score. |
| Communication | An occurrence of information being transmitted. E.g., an alert that was sent to a responsible provider, a public health agency was notified about a reportable condition. |
| CommunicationRequest | A request to convey information. E.g., the CDS system proposes that an alert be sent to a responsible provider, the CDS system proposes that the public health agency be notified about a reportable condition. |
| Composition | A set of healthcare-related information that is assembled together into a single logical document that provides a single coherent statement of meaning, establishes its own context and that has clinical attestation with regard to who is making the statement. |
| ConceptMap | A statement of relationships from one set of concepts to one or more other concepts - either code systems or data elements, or classes in class models. |
| Condition | Use to record detailed information about conditions, problems or diagnoses recognized by a clinician. There are many uses including: recording a Diagnosis during an Encounter; populating a problem List or a Summary Statement, such as a Discharge Summary. |
| Conformance | A conformance statement is a set of requirements for a desired implementation or a description of how a target application fulfills those requirements in a particular implementation. |
| Contract | A formal agreement between parties regarding the conduct of business, exchange of information or other matters. |
| Contraindication | Indicates an actual or potential clinical issue with or between one or more active or proposed clinical actions for a patient. E.g. Drug-drug interaction, Ineffective treatment frequency, Procedure-condition conflict, etc. |
| Coverage | Financial instrument which may be used to pay for or reimburse for health care products and services. |
| DataElement | The formal description of a single piece of information that can be gathered and reported. |
| Device | This resource identifies an instance of a manufactured thing that is used in the provision of healthcare without being substantially changed through that activity. The device may be a machine, an insert, a computer, an application, etc. This includes durable (reusable) medical equipment as well as disposable equipment used for diagnostic, treatment, and research for healthcare and public health. |
| DeviceComponent | Describes the characteristics, operational status and capabilities of a medical-related component of a medical device. |
| DeviceMetric | Describes a measurement, calculation or setting capability of a medical device. |
| DeviceUseRequest | Represents a request for a patient to employ a medical device. The device may be an implantable device, or an external assistive device, such as a walker. |
| DeviceUseStatement | A record of a device being used by a patient where the record is the result of a report from the patient or another clinician. |
| DiagnosticOrder | A record of a request for a diagnostic investigation service to be performed. |
| DiagnosticReport | The findings and interpretation of diagnostic tests performed on patients, groups of patients, devices, and locations, and/or specimens derived from these. The report includes clinical context such as requesting and provider information, and some mix of atomic results, images, textual and coded interpretation, and formatted representation of diagnostic reports. |
| DocumentManifest | A manifest that defines a set of documents. |
| DocumentReference | A reference to a document. |
| EligibilityRequest | This resource provides the insurance eligibility details from the insurer regarding a specified coverage and optionally some class of service. |
| EligibilityResponse | This resource provides eligibility and plan details from the processing of an Eligibility resource. |
| Encounter | An interaction between a patient and healthcare provider(s) for the purpose of providing healthcare service(s) or assessing the health status of a patient. |
| EnrollmentRequest | This resource provides the insurance Enrollment details to the insurer regarding a specified coverage. |
| EnrollmentResponse | This resource provides Enrollment and plan details from the processing of an Enrollment resource. |
| EpisodeOfCare | An association between a patient and an organization / healthcare provider(s) during which time encounters may occur. The managing organization assumes a level of responsibility for the patient during this time. |
| ExplanationOfBenefit | This resource provides: the claim details; adjudication details from the processing of a Claim; and optionally account balance information, for informing the subscriber of the benefits provided. |
| FamilyMemberHistory | Significant health events and conditions for a person related to the patient relevant in the context of care for the patient. |
| Flag | Prospective warnings of potential issues when providing care to the patient. |
| Goal | Describes the intended objective(s) of patient care, for example, weight loss, restoring an activity of daily living, etc. |
| Group | Represents a defined collection of entities that may be discussed or acted upon collectively but which are not expected to act collectively and are not formally or legally recognized. I.e. A collection of entities that isn't an Organization. |
| HealthcareService | The details of a Healthcare Service available at a location. |
| ImagingObjectSelection | A set of DICOM SOP Instances of a patient, selected for some application purpose, e.g., quality assurance, teaching, conference, consulting, etc. Objects selected can be from different studies, but must be of the same patient. |
| ImagingStudy | Representation of the content produced in a DICOM imaging study. A study comprises a set of Series, each of which includes a set of Service-Object Pair Instances (SOP Instances - images or other data) acquired or produced in a common context. A Series is of only one modality (e.g., X-ray, CT, MR, ultrasound), but a Study may have multiple Series of different modalities. |
| Immunization | Immunization event information. |
| ImmunizationRecommendation | A patient's point-of-time immunization status and recommendation with optional supporting justification. |
| List | A set of information summarized from a list of other resources. |
| Location | Details and position information for a physical place where services are provided and resources and participants may be stored, found, contained or accommodated. |
| Media | A photo, video, or audio recording acquired or used in healthcare. The actual content may be inline or provided by direct reference. |
| Medication | Primarily used for identification and definition of Medication, but also covers ingredients and packaging. |
| MedicationAdministration | Describes the event of a patient consuming or otherwise being administered a medication. This may be as simple as swallowing a tablet or it may be a long running infusion.
Related resources tie this event to the authorizing prescription, and the specific encounter between patient and health care practitioner. |
| MedicationDispense | Dispensing a medication to a named patient. This includes a description of the supply provided and the instructions for administering the medication. |
| MedicationPrescription | An order for both supply of the medication and the instructions for administration of the medicine to a patient. |
| MedicationStatement | A record of medication being taken by a patient, or that the medication has been given to a patient where the record is the result of a report from the patient or another clinician. |
| MessageHeader | The header for a message exchange that is either requesting or responding to an action. The Reference(s) that are the subject of the action as well as other Information related to the action are typically transmitted in a bundle in which the MessageHeader resource instance is the first resource in the bundle. |
| NamingSystem | A curated namespace that issues unique symbols within that namespace for the identification of concepts, people, devices, etc. Represents a "System" used within the Identifier and Coding data types. |
| NutritionOrder | A request to supply a diet, formula feeding (enteral) or oral nutritional supplement to a patient/resident. |
| Observation | Measurements and simple assertions made about a patient, device or other subject. |
| OperationDefinition | A formal computable definition of an operation (on the RESTful interface) or a named query (using the search interaction). |
| OperationOutcome | A collection of error, warning or information messages that result from a system action. |
| Order | A request to perform an action. |
| OrderResponse | A response to an order. |
| Organization | A formally or informally recognized grouping of people or organizations formed for the purpose of achieving some form of collective action. Includes companies, institutions, corporations, departments, community groups, healthcare practice groups, etc. |
| Patient | Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal receiving care or other health-related services. |
| PaymentNotice | This resource provides the status of the payment for goods and services rendered, and the request and response resource references. |
| PaymentReconciliation | This resource provides payment details and claim references supporting a bulk payment. |
| Person | Demographics and administrative information about a person independent of a specific health-related context. |
| Practitioner | A person who is directly or indirectly involved in the provisioning of healthcare. |
| Procedure | An action that is or was performed on a patient. This can be a physical 'thing' like an operation, or less invasive like counseling or hypnotherapy. |
| ProcedureRequest | A request for a procedure to be performed. May be a proposal or an order. |
| ProcessRequest | This resource provides the target, request and response, and action details for an action to be performed by the target on or about existing resources. |
| ProcessResponse | This resource provides processing status, errors and notes from the processing of a resource. |
| Provenance | Provenance of a resource is a record that describes entities and processes involved in producing and delivering or otherwise influencing that resource. Provenance provides a critical foundation for assessing authenticity, enabling trust, and allowing reproducibility. Provenance assertions are a form of contextual metadata and can themselves become important records with their own provenance. Provenance statement indicates clinical significance in terms of confidence in authenticity, reliability, and trustworthiness, integrity, and stage in lifecycle (e.g., Document Completion - has the artifact been legally authenticated), all of which may impact Security, Privacy, and Trust policies. |
| Questionnaire | A structured set of questions intended to guide the collection of answers. The questions are ordered and grouped into coherent subsets, corresponding to the structure of the grouping of the underlying questions. |
| QuestionnaireAnswers | A structured set of questions and their answers. The questions are ordered and grouped into coherent subsets, corresponding to the structure of the grouping of the underlying questions. |
| ReferralRequest | Used to record and send details about a request for referral service or transfer of a patient to the care of another provider or provider organisation. |
| RelatedPerson | Information about a person that is involved in the care for a patient, but who is not the target of healthcare, nor has a formal responsibility in the care process. |
| RiskAssessment | An assessment of the likely outcome(s) for a patient or other subject as well as the likelihood of each outcome. |
| Schedule | A container for slot(s) of time that may be available for booking appointments. |
| SearchParameter | A Search Parameter that defines a named search item that can be used to search/filter on a resource. |
| Slot | A slot of time on a schedule that may be available for booking appointments. |
| Specimen | Sample for analysis. |
| StructureDefinition | A definition of a FHIR structure. This resource is used to describe the underlying resources, data types defined in FHIR, and also for describing extensions, and constraints on resources and data types. |
| Subscription | The subscription resource is used to define a push based subscription from a server to another system. Once a subscription is registered with the server, the server checks every resource that is created or updated, and if the resource matches the given criteria, it sends a message on the defined "channel" so that another system is able to take an appropriate action. |
| Substance | A homogeneous material with a definite composition. |
| Supply | A supply - a request for something, and provision of what is supplied. |
| ValueSet | A value set specifies a set of codes drawn from one or more code systems. |
| VisionPrescription | An authorization for the supply of glasses and/or contact lenses to a patient. |
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