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Definition for Code System MatchGrade
<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="match-grade"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2016-12-06T12:22:34.981+11:00"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>MatchGrade</h2> <div> <p>A Master Patient Index (MPI) assessment of whether a candidate patient record is a match or not.</p> </div> <p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/match-grade 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>certain <a name="match-grade-certain"> </a> </td> <td>Certain Match</td> <td>This record meets the matching criteria to be automatically considered as a full match.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>probable <a name="match-grade-probable"> </a> </td> <td>Probable Match</td> <td>This record is a close match, but not a certain match. Additional review (e.g. by a human) may be required before using this as a match.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>possible <a name="match-grade-possible"> </a> </td> <td>Possible Match</td> <td>This record may be a matching one. Additional review (e.g. by a human) SHOULD be performed before using this as a match.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>certainly-not <a name="match-grade-certainly-not"> </a> </td> <td>Certainly Not a Match</td> <td>This record is known not to be a match. Note that usually non-matching records are not returned, but in some cases records previously or likely considered as a match may specifically be negated by the matching engine</td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/match-grade"/> <identifier> <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.563"/> </identifier> <version value="1.8.0"/> <name value="MatchGrade"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="false"/> <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> <telecom> <system value="email"/> <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> </telecom> </contact> <date value="2016-12-06T12:22:34+11:00"/> <description value="A Master Patient Index (MPI) assessment of whether a candidate patient record is a match or not."/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/match-grade"/> <content value="complete"/> <concept> <code value="certain"/> <display value="Certain Match"/> <definition value="This record meets the matching criteria to be automatically considered as a full match."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="probable"/> <display value="Probable Match"/> <definition value="This record is a close match, but not a certain match. Additional review (e.g. by a human) may be required before using this as a match."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="possible"/> <display value="Possible Match"/> <definition value="This record may be a matching one. Additional review (e.g. by a human) SHOULD be performed before using this as a match."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="certainly-not"/> <display value="Certainly Not a Match"/> <definition value="This record is known not to be a match. Note that usually non-matching records are not returned, but in some cases records previously or likely considered as a match may specifically be negated by the matching engine"/> </concept> </CodeSystem>
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