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Definition for Code System ReferralCategory
<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="referralcategory"/> <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>ReferralCategory</h2> <div> <p>Identifies the degree of intention/authorization associated with the request</p> </div> <p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/referralcategory 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>proposal <a name="referralcategory-proposal"> </a> </td> <td>Proposal</td> <td>The referral request represents a suggestion or recommendation that a referral be made.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>plan <a name="referralcategory-plan"> </a> </td> <td>Plan</td> <td>The referral request represents an intention by the author to make a referral, but no actual referral has yet been made/authorized.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>request <a name="referralcategory-request"> </a> </td> <td>Request</td> <td>This is an actual referral request which, when active, will have the authorizations needed to allow it to be actioned.</td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/referralcategory"/> <identifier> <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.885"/> </identifier> <version value="1.8.0"/> <name value="ReferralCategory"/> <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="Identifies the degree of intention/authorization associated with the request"/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/referralcategory"/> <content value="complete"/> <concept> <code value="proposal"/> <display value="Proposal"/> <definition value="The referral request represents a suggestion or recommendation that a referral be made."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="plan"/> <display value="Plan"/> <definition value="The referral request represents an intention by the author to make a referral, but no actual referral has yet been made/authorized."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="request"/> <display value="Request"/> <definition value="This is an actual referral request which, when active, will have the authorizations needed to allow it to be actioned."/> </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.