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Definition for Value SetObservationStatus
{
"resourceType": "ValueSet",
"id": "observation-status",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2015-04-03T14:24:32.000+11:00",
"profile": [
"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"
]
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid",
"valueUri": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.7"
}
],
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/observation-status",
"version": "0.5.0",
"name": "ObservationStatus",
"publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system": "email",
"value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}
]
}
],
"description": "Codes providing the status of an observation",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": false,
"date": "2015-04-03T14:24:32+11:00",
"define": {
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid",
"valueUri": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.7"
}
],
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-status",
"caseSensitive": true,
"concept": [
{
"code": "registered",
"display": "Registered",
"definition": "The existence of the observation is registered, but there is no result yet available."
},
{
"code": "preliminary",
"display": "Preliminary",
"definition": "This is an initial or interim observation: data may be incomplete or unverified."
},
{
"code": "final",
"display": "Final",
"definition": "The observation is complete and verified by an authorized person."
},
{
"code": "amended",
"display": "Amended",
"definition": "The observation has been modified subsequent to being Final, and is complete and verified by an authorized person."
},
{
"code": "cancelled",
"display": "Cancelled",
"definition": "The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed (also sometimes called \"aborted\")."
},
{
"code": "entered-in-error",
"display": "Entered In Error",
"definition": "The observation has been withdrawn following previous Final release."
},
{
"code": "unknown",
"display": "Unknown",
"definition": "The observation status is unknown. Note that \"unknown\" is a value of last resort and every attempt should be made to provide a meaningful value other than \"unknown\"."
}
]
}
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.