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4.2.11.179 Code System http://hl7.org/fhir/location-physical-type

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:

http://hl7.org/fhir/location-physical-type

Name:

LocationType

Definition:

This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.

Committee:

Patient Administration

Work Group

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.179 (for OID based terminology systems)

Source Resource

XML / JSON

This Code system is used in the following value sets:

LocationType (This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.)

4.2.11.179.1 Content

4.2.11.179.2 LocationType

This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.

This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/location-physical-type defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition
si	Site	A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus.
bu	Building	Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It may not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space.
wi	Wing	A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors.
wa	Ward	A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location.
lvl	Level	A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure.
co	Corridor	Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms.
ro	Room	A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these.
bd	Bed	A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy.
ve	Vehicle	A means of transportation.
ho	House	A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside.
ca	Cabinet	A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items.
rd	Road	A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name.
area	Area	A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode
jdn	Jurisdiction	A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health), Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundry

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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