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This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.
Summary
Defining URL: | http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/ex-diagnosistype |
Name: | Example Diagnosis Type Codes |
Definition: | This value set includes example Diagnosis Type codes. |
Committee: | Financial Management Work Group |
OID: | 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.920 (for OID based terminology systems) |
Copyright: | This is an example set. |
Source Resource | XML / JSON |
This value set is used in the following places:
This value set includes codes from the following code systems:
This expansion generated 11 Aug 2016
This value set contains 12 concepts
All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/ex-diagnosistype
Code | Display | Definition |
admitting | Admitting Diagnosis | The diagnosis given as the reason why the patient was admitted to the hospital. |
clinical | Clinical Diagnosis | A diagnosis made on the basis of medical signs and patient-reported symptoms, rather than diagnostic tests. |
differential | Differential Diagnosis | One of a set of the possible diagnoses that could be connected to the signs, symptoms, and lab findings. |
discharge | Discharge Diagnosis | The diagnosis given when the patient is discharged from the hospital. |
laboratory | Laboratory Diagnosis | A diagnosis based significantly on laboratory reports or test results, rather than the physical examination of the patient. |
nursing | Nursing Diagnosis | A diagnosis which identifies people's responses to situations in their lives, such as a readiness to change or a willingness to accept assistance. |
prenatal | Prenatal Diagnosis | A diagnosis determined prior to birth. |
principal | Principal Diagnosis | The single medical diagnosis that is most relevant to the patient's chief complaint or need for treatment. |
radiology | Radiology Diagnosis | A diagnosis based primarily on the results from medical imaging studies. |
remote | Remote Diagnosis | A diagnosis determined using telemedicine techniques. |
retrospective | Retrospective Diagnosis | The labeling of an illness in a specific historical event using modern knowledge, methods and disease classifications. |
self | Self Diagnosis | A diagnosis determined by the patient. |
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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 |