STU 3 Ballot

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Codesystem-location-physical-type.json

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Definition for Code System LocationType

{
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "id": "location-physical-type",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2016-08-11T17:02:54.322+10:00",
    "profile": [
      "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/codesystem-shareable-definition"
    ]
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/location-physical-type",
  "identifier": {
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.179"
  },
  "version": "1.6.0",
  "name": "LocationType",
  "status": "draft",
  "experimental": true,
  "publisher": "FHIR Project team",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "other",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-physical-type",
  "content": "complete",
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "si",
      "display": "Site",
      "definition": "A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus."
    },
    {
      "code": "bu",
      "display": "Building",
      "definition": "Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It may not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space."
    },
    {
      "code": "wi",
      "display": "Wing",
      "definition": "A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors."
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "display": "Ward",
      "definition": "A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location."
    },
    {
      "code": "lvl",
      "display": "Level",
      "definition": "A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure."
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "display": "Corridor",
      "definition": "Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms."
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "display": "Room",
      "definition": "A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these."
    },
    {
      "code": "bd",
      "display": "Bed",
      "definition": "A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on."
    },
    {
      "code": "ve",
      "display": "Vehicle",
      "definition": "A means of transportation."
    },
    {
      "code": "ho",
      "display": "House",
      "definition": "A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside."
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "display": "Cabinet",
      "definition": "A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items."
    },
    {
      "code": "rd",
      "display": "Road",
      "definition": "A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name."
    },
    {
      "code": "area",
      "display": "Area",
      "definition": "A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode"
    },
    {
      "code": "jdn",
      "display": "Jurisdiction",
      "definition": "A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health),  Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundry"
    }
  ]
}

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.