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Codesystem-observation-status.xml

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Definition for Code System ObservationStatus

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="observation-status"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2016-03-31T08:01:25.570+11:00"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2>ObservationStatus</h2>
      <p>Codes providing the status of an observation.</p>
      <p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-status defines the following codes:</p>
      <table class="codes">
        <tr>
          <td>
            <b>Code</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Display</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Definition</b>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>registered
            <a name="registered"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Registered</td>
          <td>The existence of the observation is registered, but there is no result yet available.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>preliminary
            <a name="preliminary"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Preliminary</td>
          <td>This is an initial or interim observation: data may be incomplete or unverified.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>final
            <a name="final"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Final</td>
          <td>The observation is complete and verified by an authorized person  (who may be the same
             person who entered the observation based on policy).</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>amended
            <a name="amended"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Amended</td>
          <td>The observation has been modified subsequent to being Final, and is complete and verified
             by an authorized person.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>cancelled
            <a name="cancelled"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>cancelled</td>
          <td>The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed
             (also sometimes called &quot;aborted&quot;).</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>entered-in-error
            <a name="entered-in-error"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Entered in Error</td>
          <td>The observation has been withdrawn following previous final release.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>unknown
            <a name="unknown"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Unknown Status</td>
          <td>The observation status is unknown.  Note that &quot;unknown&quot; is a value of last resort
             and every attempt should be made to provide a meaningful value other than &quot;unknown&quot;.</td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
  </text>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid">
    <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.219"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-status"/>
  <version value="1.4.0"/>
  <name value="ObservationStatus"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (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="2016-03-31T08:01:25+11:00"/>
  <description value="Codes providing the status of an observation."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-status"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="registered"/>
    <display value="Registered"/>
    <definition value="The existence of the observation is registered, but there is no result yet available."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="preliminary"/>
    <display value="Preliminary"/>
    <definition value="This is an initial or interim observation: data may be incomplete or unverified."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="final"/>
    <display value="Final"/>
    <definition value="The observation is complete and verified by an authorized person  (who may be the same
     person who entered the observation based on policy)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="amended"/>
    <display value="Amended"/>
    <definition value="The observation has been modified subsequent to being Final, and is complete and verified
     by an authorized person."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="cancelled"/>
    <display value="cancelled"/>
    <definition value="The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed
     (also sometimes called &quot;aborted&quot;)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="entered-in-error"/>
    <display value="Entered in Error"/>
    <definition value="The observation has been withdrawn following previous final release."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="unknown"/>
    <display value="Unknown Status"/>
    <definition value="The observation status is unknown.  Note that &quot;unknown&quot; is a value of last resort
     and every attempt should be made to provide a meaningful value other than &quot;unknown&quot;."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>

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.