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Definition for Value SetCommon UCUM units
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="daf-ucum-vitals-common"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2015-09-01T14:38:48.206+10:00"/> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>Common UCUM units for recording Vital Signs</h2> <p>Commonly encountered UCUM units for recording Vital Signs. Suggested units for the value set: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-CCDAVitalSignResult</p> <p> <b>Copyright Statement:</b> UCUM is Copyright © 1999-2013 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and The UCUM Organization, Indianapolis, IN. All rights reserved. See http://unitsofmeasure.org/trac//wiki/TermsOfUse for details </p> <p>This value set includes codes defined in other code systems, using the following rules:</p> <ul> <li>Include these codes as defined in http://unitsofmeasure.org <table> <tr> <td> <b>Code</b> </td> <td> <b>Display</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>%</td> <td>percent</td> <td/> </tr> <tr> <td>cm</td> <td>centimeter</td> <td/> </tr> <tr> <td>/kg</td> <td>per kilogram</td> <td/> </tr> <tr> <td>Cel</td> <td>degree Celsius</td> <td/> </tr> <tr> <td>mm[Hg]</td> <td>millimeter of mercury</td> <td/> </tr> <tr> <td>/min</td> <td>per minute</td> <td/> </tr> <tr> <td>kg/m2</td> <td>kilogram / (meter ^ 2)</td> <td/> </tr> <tr> <td>/m2</td> <td>per square meter</td> <td/> </tr> </table> </li> </ul> <p>The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved</p> </div> </text> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.0"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/daf-ucum-vitals-common"/> <version value="1.0.0"/> <name value="Common UCUM units"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="true"/> <publisher value="FHIR Project"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="other"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> <telecom> <system value="email"/> <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> </telecom> </contact> <date value="2015-09-01T14:38:48+10:00"/> <description value="Common UCUM units for recording Vital Signs"/> <copyright value="UCUM is Copyright © 1999-2013 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and The UCUM Organization, Indianapolis, IN. All rights reserved. See http://unitsofmeasure.org/trac//wiki/TermsOfUse for details"/> <extensible value="true"/> <compose> <include> <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> <concept> <code value="%"/> <display value="percent"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="cm"/> <display value="centimeter"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="kg"/> <display value="kilogram"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="Cel"/> <display value="degree Celsius"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="mm[Hg]"/> <display value="millimeter of mercury"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="/min"/> <display value="per minute"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="kg/m2"/> <display value="kilogram / (meter ^ 2)"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="m2"/> <display value="square meter"/> </concept> </include> </compose> </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.