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Definition for Value SetObservation Value Absent Reason
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="valueset-observation-valueabsentreason"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2015-04-03T14:24:32.000+11:00"/> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/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/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.1557"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/observation-valueabsentreason"/> <version value="0.5.0"/> <name value="Observation Value Absent Reason"/><!-- Eric Haas Health eData Inc - editor --> <publisher value="HL7 International - Orders and Observations WG"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value="This value set defines the set of code for identifying the reason why the expected result in Observation.value[x] is missing. "/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="true"/> <define> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:null"/> </extension> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/data-absent-reason"/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <concept> <code value="unknown"/> <display value="Unknown"/> <definition value="The value is not known"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="asked"/> <display value="Asked"/> <definition value="The source human does not know the value"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="temp"/> <display value="Temp"/> <definition value="There is reason to expect (from the workflow) that the value may become known"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="notasked"/> <display value="Not Asked"/> <definition value="The workflow didn't lead to this value being known"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="masked"/> <display value="Masked"/> <definition value="The information is not available due to security, privacy or related reasons"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="unsupported"/> <display value="Unsupported"/> <definition value="The source system wasn't capable of supporting this element"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="astext"/> <display value="As Text"/> <definition value="The content of the data is represented in the resource narrative"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="error"/> <display value="Error"/> <definition value="Some system or workflow process error means that the information is not available"/> </concept> </define> </ValueSet>
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.