Connectathon 11 Snapshot

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1.25.2.1.277 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-container-type

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:

http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-container-type

Name:

SpecimenContainer

Definition:

Containers which may hold specimens or specimen containers - all SNOMED CT specimen containers.

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.277 (for OID based terminology systems)

Copyright:

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.

Source Resource

XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

Specimen.container.type (Example)

1.25.2.1.277.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Include codes from http://snomed.info/sct where concept is-a 434711009

1.25.2.1.277.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 11 Dec 2015

This value set contains 2 concepts

All codes from system http://snomed.info/sct

Code	Display
434746001	Specimen vial (physical object)
434822004	Specimen well (physical object)

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Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Level

A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies

Source

The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)

Code

The code (used as the code in the resource instance)

Display

The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application

Definition

An explanation of the meaning of the concept

Comments

Additional notes about how to use the code