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FHIR Value set/code system definition for HL7 v2 table 0371 ( Additive/Preservative)
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    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p>Additive/Preservative</p>

      <table class="grid">
        <tr>
          <td>
            <b>Code</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Description</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Nederlands (Dutch)</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Comment</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Version</b>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>ACDA
            <a name="ACDA"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>ACD Solution A</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Yellow top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>ACDB
            <a name="ACDB"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>ACD Solution B</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Yellow top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>ACET
            <a name="ACET"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Acetic Acid</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Urine preservative</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>AMIES
            <a name="AMIES"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Amies transport medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Protozoa</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>BACTM
            <a name="BACTM"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Bacterial Transport medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Microbiological culture</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>BF10
            <a name="BF10"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Buffered 10% formalin</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Tissue</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>BOR
            <a name="BOR"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Borate Boric Acid</td>
          <td/>
          <td>24HR Urine Additive</td>
          <td>added v2.4</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>BOUIN
            <a name="BOUIN"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Bouin's solution</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Tissue</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>BSKM
            <a name="BSKM"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Buffered skim milk</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Viral isolation</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>C32
            <a name="C32"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>3.2%  Citrate</td>
          <td>3,2% Citraat</td>
          <td>Blue top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.4</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>C38
            <a name="C38"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>3.8% Citrate</td>
          <td>3,8% Citraat</td>
          <td>Blue top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.4</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>CARS
            <a name="CARS"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Carson's Modified 10% formalin</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Tissue</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>CARY
            <a name="CARY"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Cary Blair Medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Stool Cultures</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>CHLTM
            <a name="CHLTM"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Chlamydia transport medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Chlamydia culture</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>CTAD
            <a name="CTAD"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>CTAD (this should be spelled out if not universally understood)</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Blue top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>EDTK
            <a name="EDTK"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Potassium/K EDTA</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Deprecated. Replaced by EDTK15 and EDTK75</td>
          <td>added v2.4</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>EDTK15
            <a name="EDTK15"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Potassium/K EDTA 15%</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Purple top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>EDTK75
            <a name="EDTK75"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Potassium/K EDTA 7.5%</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Purple top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>EDTN
            <a name="EDTN"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Sodium/Na EDTA</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Dark Blue top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.4</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>ENT
            <a name="ENT"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Enteric bacteria transport medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Bacterial culture</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>ENT+
            <a name="ENT.43"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Enteric plus</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Stool Cultures</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>F10
            <a name="F10"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>10% Formalin</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Tissue preservative</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>FDP
            <a name="FDP"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Thrombin NIH; soybean trypsin inhibitor (Fibrin Degradation Products)</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Dark Blue top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>FL10
            <a name="FL10"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Sodium Fluoride, 10mg</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Urine</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>FL100
            <a name="FL100"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Sodium Fluoride, 100mg</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Urine</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>HCL6
            <a name="HCL6"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>6N HCL</td>
          <td/>
          <td>24 HR Urine Additive</td>
          <td>added v2.4</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>HEPA
            <a name="HEPA"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Ammonium heparin</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Green top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>HEPL
            <a name="HEPL"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Lithium/Li  Heparin</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Green top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.4</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>HEPN
            <a name="HEPN"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Sodium/Na  Heparin</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Green top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.4</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>HNO3
            <a name="HNO3"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Nitric Acid</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Urine</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>JKM
            <a name="JKM"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Jones Kendrick Medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Bordetella pertussis</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>KARN
            <a name="KARN"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Karnovsky's fixative</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Tissue</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>KOX
            <a name="KOX"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Potassium Oxalate</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Gray top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>LIA
            <a name="LIA"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Lithium iodoacetate</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Gray top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>M4
            <a name="M4"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>M4</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Microbiological culture</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>M4RT
            <a name="M4RT"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>M4-RT</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Microbiological culture</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>M5
            <a name="M5"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>M5</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Microbiological culture</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>MICHTM
            <a name="MICHTM"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Michel's transport medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>IF tests</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>MMDTM
            <a name="MMDTM"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>MMD transport medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Immunofluorescence</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>NAF
            <a name="NAF"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Sodium Fluoride</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Gray top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>NAPS
            <a name="NAPS"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Sodium polyanethol sulfonate 0.35% in 0.85% sodium chloride</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Yellow (Blood Culture)</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>NONE
            <a name="NONE"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>None</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Red or Pink top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>PAGE
            <a name="PAGE"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Pages's Saline</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Acanthaoemba</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>PHENOL
            <a name="PHENOL"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Phenol</td>
          <td/>
          <td>24 Hr Urine Additive</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>PVA
            <a name="PVA"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>PVA (polyvinylalcohol)</td>
          <td/>
          <td>O&amp;P</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>RLM
            <a name="RLM"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Reagan Lowe Medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Bordetella pertussis cultures</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>SILICA
            <a name="SILICA"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Siliceous earth, 12 mg</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Gray top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>SPS
            <a name="SPS"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>SPS(this should be spelled out if not universally understood)</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Anticoagulant w/o bacteriocidal properties</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>SST
            <a name="SST"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Serum Separator Tube (Polymer Gel)</td>
          <td/>
          <td>'Tiger' Top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>STUTM
            <a name="STUTM"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Stuart transport medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Bacterial culture</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>THROM
            <a name="THROM"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Thrombin</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Orange or Grey/Yellow (STAT Chem)</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>THYMOL
            <a name="THYMOL"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Thymol</td>
          <td/>
          <td>24 Hr Urine Additive</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>THYO
            <a name="THYO"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Thyoglycollate broth</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Bacterial Isolation</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>TOLU
            <a name="TOLU"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Toluene</td>
          <td/>
          <td>24 Hr Urine Additive</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>URETM
            <a name="URETM"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Ureaplasma transport medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Ureaplasma culture</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>VIRTM
            <a name="VIRTM"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Viral Transport medium</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Virus cultures</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>WEST
            <a name="WEST"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>Buffered Citrate (Westergren Sedimentation Rate)</td>
          <td/>
          <td>Black top tube</td>
          <td>added v2.5</td>
        </tr>
      </table>

    </div>
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    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
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  <version value="2.8.2"/>
  <name value="v2 Additive/Preservative"/>
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  <publisher value="HL7, Inc"/>
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  <description value="FHIR Value set/code system definition for HL7 v2 table 0371 ( Additive/Preservative)"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Yellow top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="ACDA"/>
    <display value="ACD Solution A"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Yellow top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="ACDB"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Urine preservative"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="ACET"/>
    <display value="Acetic Acid"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Protozoa"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="AMIES"/>
    <display value="Amies transport medium"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Microbiological culture"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="BACTM"/>
    <display value="Bacterial Transport medium"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Tissue"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="BF10"/>
    <display value="Buffered 10% formalin"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="24HR Urine Additive"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="BOR"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Tissue"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="BOUIN"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Viral isolation"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="BSKM"/>
    <display value="Buffered skim milk"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Blue top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="C32"/>
    <display value="3.2%  Citrate"/>
    <designation>
      <language value="nl"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
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      <language value="nl"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Tissue"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="CARS"/>
    <display value="Carson's Modified 10% formalin"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Stool Cultures"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="CARY"/>
    <display value="Cary Blair Medium"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Chlamydia culture"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="CHLTM"/>
    <display value="Chlamydia transport medium"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Blue top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="CTAD"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
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    </extension>
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    <display value="Potassium/K EDTA"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Purple top tube"/>
    </extension>
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    <display value="Potassium/K EDTA 15%"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Purple top tube"/>
    </extension>
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    <display value="Potassium/K EDTA 7.5%"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Dark Blue top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="EDTN"/>
    <display value="Sodium/Na EDTA"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
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    </extension>
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    <display value="Enteric bacteria transport medium"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Stool Cultures"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="ENT+"/>
    <display value="Enteric plus"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Tissue preservative"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="F10"/>
    <display value="10% Formalin"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Dark Blue top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="FDP"/>
    <display value="Thrombin NIH; soybean trypsin inhibitor (Fibrin Degradation Products)"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Urine"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="FL10"/>
    <display value="Sodium Fluoride, 10mg"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Urine"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="FL100"/>
    <display value="Sodium Fluoride, 100mg"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="24 HR Urine Additive"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="HCL6"/>
    <display value="6N HCL"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Green top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="HEPA"/>
    <display value="Ammonium heparin"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Green top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="HEPL"/>
    <display value="Lithium/Li  Heparin"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Green top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="HEPN"/>
    <display value="Sodium/Na  Heparin"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Urine"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="HNO3"/>
    <display value="Nitric Acid"/>
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  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Bordetella pertussis"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="JKM"/>
    <display value="Jones Kendrick Medium"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Tissue"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="KARN"/>
    <display value="Karnovsky's fixative"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Gray top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="KOX"/>
    <display value="Potassium Oxalate"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Gray top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="LIA"/>
    <display value="Lithium iodoacetate"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Microbiological culture"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="M4"/>
    <display value="M4"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Microbiological culture"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="M4RT"/>
    <display value="M4-RT"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Microbiological culture"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="M5"/>
    <display value="M5"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="IF tests"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="MICHTM"/>
    <display value="Michel's transport medium"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Immunofluorescence"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="MMDTM"/>
    <display value="MMD transport medium"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Gray top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="NAF"/>
    <display value="Sodium Fluoride"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Yellow (Blood Culture)"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="NAPS"/>
    <display value="Sodium polyanethol sulfonate 0.35% in 0.85% sodium chloride"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Red or Pink top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="NONE"/>
    <display value="None"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Acanthaoemba"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="PAGE"/>
    <display value="Pages's Saline"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="24 Hr Urine Additive"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="PHENOL"/>
    <display value="Phenol"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="O&amp;P"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="PVA"/>
    <display value="PVA (polyvinylalcohol)"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Bordetella pertussis cultures"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="RLM"/>
    <display value="Reagan Lowe Medium"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Gray top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="SILICA"/>
    <display value="Siliceous earth, 12 mg"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Anticoagulant w/o bacteriocidal properties"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="SPS"/>
    <display value="SPS(this should be spelled out if not universally understood)"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="'Tiger' Top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="SST"/>
    <display value="Serum Separator Tube (Polymer Gel)"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Bacterial culture"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="STUTM"/>
    <display value="Stuart transport medium"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Orange or Grey/Yellow (STAT Chem)"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="THROM"/>
    <display value="Thrombin"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="24 Hr Urine Additive"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="THYMOL"/>
    <display value="Thymol"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Bacterial Isolation"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="THYO"/>
    <display value="Thyoglycollate broth"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="24 Hr Urine Additive"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="TOLU"/>
    <display value="Toluene"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Ureaplasma culture"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="URETM"/>
    <display value="Ureaplasma transport medium"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Virus cultures"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="VIRTM"/>
    <display value="Viral Transport medium"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments">
      <valueString value="Black top tube"/>
    </extension>
    <code value="WEST"/>
    <display value="Buffered Citrate (Westergren Sedimentation Rate)"/>
  </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.