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FHIR Value set/code system definition for HL7 v2 table 0174 ( Nature of Service/Test/Observation)
{
"resourceType": "ValueSet",
"id": "v2-0174",
"meta": {
"profile": [
"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"
]
},
"text": {
"status": "additional",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/vs/0174",
"version": "2.7",
"name": "v2 Nature of Service/Test/Observation",
"publisher": "HL7, Inc",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org"
}
]
}
],
"description": "FHIR Value set/code system definition for HL7 v2 table 0174 ( Nature of Service/Test/Observation)",
"status": "active",
"experimental": true,
"date": "2011-01-28",
"define": {
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v2/0174",
"caseSensitive": true,
"concept": [
{
"code": "A",
"display": "Atomic service/test/observation (test code or treatment code)"
},
{
"code": "C",
"display": "Single observation calculated via a rule or formula from other independent observations (e.g., Alveolar-arterial ratio, cardiac output)"
},
{
"code": "F",
"display": "Functional procedure that may consist of one or more interrelated measures (e.g., glucose tolerance test, creatinine clearance), usually done at different times and/or on different specimens"
},
{
"code": "P",
"display": "Profile or battery consisting of many independent atomic observations (e.g., SMA12, electrolytes), usually done at one instrument on one specimen"
},
{
"code": "S",
"display": "Superset-a set of batteries or procedures ordered under a single code unit but processed as separate batteries (e.g., routines = CBC, UA, electrolytes)<p>This set indicates that the code being described is used to order multiple service/test/observation b"
}
]
}
}
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.