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Codesystem-item-type.json

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Definition for Code System QuestionnaireItemType

{
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "id": "item-type",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2016-12-06T12:22:34.981+11:00"
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/item-type",
  "identifier": {
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.477"
  },
  "version": "1.8.0",
  "name": "QuestionnaireItemType",
  "status": "draft",
  "experimental": false,
  "publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        },
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "date": "2016-12-06T12:22:34+11:00",
  "description": "Distinguishes groups from questions and display text and indicates data type for questions",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/item-type",
  "content": "complete",
  "property": [
    {
      "code": "notSelectable",
      "uri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#notSelectable",
      "description": "Indicates that the code is abstract - only intended to be used as a selector for other concepts",
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  ],
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "group",
      "display": "Group",
      "definition": "An item with no direct answer but which has descendant items that are questions"
    },
    {
      "code": "display",
      "display": "Display",
      "definition": "Text for display that will not capture an answer or have descendants"
    },
    {
      "code": "question",
      "display": "Question",
      "definition": "An item that defines a specific answer to be captured (and may have descendant items)",
      "property": [
        {
          "code": "notSelectable",
          "valueBoolean": true
        }
      ],
      "concept": [
        {
          "code": "boolean",
          "display": "Boolean",
          "definition": "Question with a yes/no answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "decimal",
          "display": "Decimal",
          "definition": "Question with is a real number answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "integer",
          "display": "Integer",
          "definition": "Question with an integer answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "date",
          "display": "Date",
          "definition": "Question with adate answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "dateTime",
          "display": "Date Time",
          "definition": "Question with a date and time answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "instant",
          "display": "Instant",
          "definition": "Question with a system timestamp answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "time",
          "display": "Time",
          "definition": "Question with a time (hour/minute/second) answer independent of date."
        },
        {
          "code": "string",
          "display": "String",
          "definition": "Question with a short (few words to short sentence) free-text entry answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "text",
          "display": "Text",
          "definition": "Question with a long (potentially multi-paragraph) free-text entry (still captured as a string) answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "url",
          "display": "Url",
          "definition": "Question with a url (website, FTP site, etc.) answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "choice",
          "display": "Choice",
          "definition": "Question with a Coding drawn from a list of options as an answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "open-choice",
          "display": "Open Choice",
          "definition": "Answer is a Coding drawn from a list of options or a free-text entry captured as Coding.display"
        },
        {
          "code": "attachment",
          "display": "Attachment",
          "definition": "Question with binary content such as a image, PDF, etc. as an answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "reference",
          "display": "Reference",
          "definition": "Question with a reference to another resource (practitioner, organization, etc.) as an answer"
        },
        {
          "code": "quantity",
          "display": "Quantity",
          "definition": "Question with a combination of a numeric value and unit, potentially with a comparator (<, >, etc.) as an answer."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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.