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A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the observation. Examples: Blood pressure measurement method: arterial puncture vs. sphygmomanometer (Riva-Rocci), sitting vs. supine position, etc. OpenIssue: Description copied from Concept Domain of same name. Must be verified. Note that the Domain has a full discussion about use of the attribute and constraining that is not appropriate for the code system description. Needs to be improved.
{ "resourceType": "ValueSet", "id": "v3-ObservationMethod", "meta": { "lastUpdated": "2016-11-11T00:00:00.000+11:00", "profile": [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition" ] }, "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>" }, "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-ObservationMethod", "identifier": [ { "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986", "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.20423" } ], "version": "2016-11-11", "name": "v3 Code System ObservationMethod", "status": "active", "experimental": false, "publisher": "HL7, Inc", "contact": [ { "telecom": [ { "system": "url", "value": "http://hl7.org" } ] } ], "date": "2016-11-11", "description": " A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the observation. Examples:\r\nBlood pressure measurement method: arterial puncture vs. sphygmomanometer (Riva-Rocci), sitting vs. supine position, etc. OpenIssue:\r\nDescription copied from Concept Domain of same name. Must be verified. Note that the Domain has a full discussion about use of the attribute and constraining that is not appropriate for the code system description. Needs to be improved.", "immutable": true, "compose": { "include": [ { "system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ObservationMethod" } ] } }
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.