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Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure.
{
"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"id": "v3-ExposureMode",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2016-11-11T00:00:00.000+11:00"
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ExposureMode",
"identifier": {
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.5.1113"
},
"version": "2016-11-11",
"name": "v3 Code System ExposureMode",
"status": "active",
"experimental": false,
"publisher": "HL7, Inc",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org"
}
]
}
],
"date": "2016-11-11T00:00:00+11:00",
"description": " Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure.",
"caseSensitive": true,
"valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-ExposureMode",
"hierarchyMeaning": "is-a",
"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": "_ExposureMode",
"display": "ExposureMode",
"definition": "Code for the mechanism by which the exposure agent was exchanged or potentially exchanged by the participants involved in the exposure.",
"property": [
{
"code": "notSelectable",
"valueBoolean": true
}
],
"concept": [
{
"code": "AIRBORNE",
"display": "airborne",
"definition": "Description: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through indirect contact via oral or nasal inhalation."
},
{
"code": "CONTACT",
"display": "contact",
"definition": "Description: Communication of an agent from a living subject or environmental source to a living subject through direct physical contact."
},
{
"code": "FOODBORNE",
"display": "foodborne",
"definition": "Description: Communication of an agent from a food source to a living subject via oral consumption."
},
{
"code": "WATERBORNE",
"display": "waterborne",
"definition": "Description: Communication of an agent to a living subject by contact and/or consumption via an aqueous medium"
}
]
}
]
}
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.