DSTU2 Ballot Source

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1.23.2.1.257 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/substance-type

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Type of the substance

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This value set does not contain a fixed number of concepts

1.23.2.1.257.1 Substance Type

This value sets refers to a substance type

Copyright Statement: This value set includes content from SNOMED CT, which is copyright © 2002+ International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), and distributed by agreement between IHTSDO and HL7. Implementer use of SNOMED CT is not covered by this agreement

This value set includes codes defined in other code systems, using the following rules:

  • Include codes from http://snomed.info/sct where concept is-a 105590001
  • Include codes from http://snomed.info/sct where concept is-a 373873005


This value set could not be expanded by the publication tooling: Error unmarshalling resource: Too many codes to display (>10000) (A text filter may reduce the number of codes in the expansion)

This value set is used in the following places:

The OID for the value set is 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.257 (OIDs are not used in FHIR, but may be used in v3, or OID based terminology systems).

See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.