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1.25.4.1.1113  v3 Code System ExposureMode 
This code system (http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ExposureMode) is defined as part of HL7 v3. 
Summary
 | Defining URL: | http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-ExposureMode | 
 | Name: | v3 Code System ExposureMode | 
 | Definition: |  Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure. | 
 | OID: |  (for OID based terminology systems) | 
| System URL: | http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ExposureMode | 
| System OID: | 2.16.840.1.113883.5.1113 | 
 | Source Resource | XML / JSON | 
This value set is not currently used
 
1.25.4.1.1113.1 Content Logical Definition 
This value set has an inline code system http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ExposureMode, which defines the following codes:
| Lvl | Code | Display | Definition | 
| 1 | _ExposureMode  | ExposureMode | Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure. | 
| 2 |   AIRBORNE  | airborne | Description: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through indirect contact via oral or nasal inhalation. | 
| 2 |   CONTACT  | contact | Description: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through direct physical contact. | 
| 2 |   FOODBORNE  | foodborne | Description: Communication of an agent from a food source to a living subject via oral consumption. | 
| 2 |   WATERBORNE  | waterborne | Description: Communication of an agent to a living subject by contact and/or consumption via an aqueous medium |