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4.2.11.data-absent-reason Code System http://hl7.org/fhir/data-absent-reason
This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.
Summary
Defining URL: | http://hl7.org/fhir/data-absent-reason |
Name: | DataAbsentReason |
Definition: | Used to specify why the normally expected content of the data element is missing. |
Committee: | FHIR Infrastructure Work Group |
OID: | 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.data-absent-reason (for OID based terminology systems) |
Source Resource | XML / JSON |
This Code system is used in the following value sets:
- Observation Value Absent Reason (This value set defines the set of codes for identifying the reason why the expected result in Observation.value[x] is missing.)
- DataAbsentReason (Used to specify why the normally expected content of the data element is missing.)
4.2.11.data-absent-reason.1 Content
4.2.11.data-absent-reason.2 DataAbsentReason
Used to specify why the normally expected content of the data element is missing.
This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/data-absent-reason defines the following codes:
Lvl | Code | Display | Definition | Comments |
1 | unknown | Unknown | The value is not known. | |
1 | asked | Asked | The source human does not know the value. | |
1 | temp | Temp | There is reason to expect (from the workflow) that the value may become known. | |
1 | not-asked | Not Asked | The workflow didn't lead to this value being known. | |
1 | masked | Masked | The information is not available due to security, privacy or related reasons. | Using "masked" may be breach of security or confidentiality, but there are times when its use is required to support alternate workflows for gaining access to denied information. |
1 | unsupported | Unsupported | The source system wasn't capable of supporting this element. | |
1 | astext | As Text | The content of the data is represented in the resource narrative. | it may be linked by internal references (e.g. xml:id). This usually implies that the value could not be represented in the correct format - this may be due to system limitations, or this particular data value |
1 | error | Error | Some system or workflow process error means that the information is not available. | |
2 | NaN | Not a Number | NaN, standing for not a number, is a numeric data type value representing an undefined or unrepresentable value. | This is sometimes an output value from measuring devices |
1 | not-performed | Not Performed | The value is not available because the observation procedure (test, etc.) was not performed. | |
See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.
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 |