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Codesystem-specimen-status.xml

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Definition for Code System SpecimenStatus

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="specimen-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>SpecimenStatus</h2>
      <p>Codes providing the status/availability of a specimen.</p>
      <p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-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>available
            <a name="available"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Available</td>
          <td>The physical specimen is present and in good condition.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>unavailable
            <a name="unavailable"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Unavailable</td>
          <td>There is no physical specimen because it is either lost, destroyed or consumed.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>unsatisfactory
            <a name="unsatisfactory"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Unsatisfactory</td>
          <td>The specimen cannot be used because of a quality issue such as a broken container, contamination,
             or too old.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>entered-in-error
            <a name="entered-in-error"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Entered-in-error</td>
          <td>The specimen was entered in error and therefore nullified.</td>
        </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
  </text>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid">
    <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.426"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-status"/>
  <version value="1.4.0"/>
  <name value="SpecimenStatus"/>
  <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/availability of a specimen."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-status"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="available"/>
    <display value="Available"/>
    <definition value="The physical specimen is present and in good condition."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="unavailable"/>
    <display value="Unavailable"/>
    <definition value="There is no physical specimen because it is either lost, destroyed or consumed."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="unsatisfactory"/>
    <display value="Unsatisfactory"/>
    <definition value="The specimen cannot be used because of a quality issue such as a broken container, contamination,
     or too old."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="entered-in-error"/>
    <display value="Entered-in-error"/>
    <definition value="The specimen was entered in error and therefore nullified."/>
  </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.