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4.3.2.20448 HL7 v3 Value Set PurposeOfUse

Vocabulary

Work Group

Maturity Level: 3

Trial Use

Use Context: Any

This value set (http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-PurposeOfUse) is defined as part of HL7 v3. Related FHIR content: PurposeOfUse.

Summary

Defining URL:

http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-PurposeOfUse

Name:

PurposeOfUse

Definition:

Supports communication of purpose of use at a general level.

OID:

2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.20448 (for OID based terminology systems)

Source Resource

XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

4.3.2.20448.1 Content Logical Definition

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

Include codes from http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ActReason where concept is-a PurposeOfUse

4.3.2.20448.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 20 Dec 2017

This value set contains 56 concepts

Expansion based on http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ActReason version 2017-07-31

All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/ActReason

Lvl	Code	Display	Definition
0	PurposeOfUse	purpose of use	Reason for performing one or more operations on information, which may be permitted by source system's security policy in accordance with one or more privacy policies and consent directives. Usage Notes: The rationale or purpose for an act relating to the management of personal health information, such as collecting personal health information for research or public health purposes.
1	HMARKT	healthcare marketing	To perform one or more operations on information for marketing services and products related to health care.
1	HOPERAT	healthcare operations	To perform one or more operations on information used for conducting administrative and contractual activities related to the provision of health care.
2	DONAT	donation	To perform one or more operations on information used for cadaveric organ, eye or tissue donation.
2	FRAUD	fraud	To perform one or more operations on information used for fraud detection and prevention processes.
2	GOV	government	To perform one or more operations on information used within government processes.
2	HACCRED	health accreditation	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting activities related to meeting accreditation criteria.
2	HCOMPL	health compliance	To perform one or more operations on information used for conducting activities required to meet a mandate.
2	HDECD	decedent	To perform one or more operations on information used for handling deceased patient matters.
2	HDIRECT	directory	To perform one or more operation operations on information used to manage a patient directory. Examples: facility enterprise payer health information exchange patient directory
2	HLEGAL	legal	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting activities required by legal proceeding.
2	HOUTCOMS	health outcome measure	To perform one or more operations on information used for assessing results and comparative effectiveness achieved by health care practices and interventions.
2	HPRGRP	health program reporting	To perform one or more operations on information used for conducting activities to meet program accounting requirements.
2	HQUALIMP	health quality improvement	To perform one or more operations on information used for conducting administrative activities to improve health care quality.
2	HSYSADMIN	health system administration	To perform one or more operations on information to administer the electronic systems used for the delivery of health care.
3	LABELING	labeling	To perform one or more operations on information to assign, persist, and manage labels to healthcare data to characterize various aspects, such as its security classification, sensitivity, compartment, integrity, and provenance; applicable privacy, consent, security, provenance, and trust policies; and handling caveats such as purpose of use, obligations, and refrain policies. Label management includes classification of target data by constructing and binding of a label set per applicable policies, security policy information file semantics, and classification guides. Label management also includes process and procedures for subsequent revision of a label for, e.g., reclassification, downgrading classification, and declassification. Label revisions may be triggered by, e.g., expiry of classification period; changes in applicable policy, e.g., revocation of a consent directive; or changes in the governing policy domain in which the data is relocated or a copy of the data is sent. If a label is revised, an audit log should be kept and the provenance of the label changes should be tracked.
3	METAMGT	metadata management	To perform one or more operations on information to assign, persist, and manage metadata to healthcare data to characterize various aspects used for its indexing, discovery, retrieval, and processing by systems, applications, and end users. For example, master index identifier, media type, and location.
2	MEMADMIN	member administration	To perform one or more operations on information to administer health care coverage to an enrollee under a policy or program.
2	MILCDM	military command	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting activities required by military processes, procedures, policies, or law.
2	PATADMIN	patient administration	To perform one or more operations on information used for operational activities conducted to administer the delivery of health care to a patient.
2	PATSFTY	patient safety	To perform one or more operations on information in processes related to ensuring the safety of health care.
2	PERFMSR	performance measure	To perform one or more operations on information used for monitoring performance of recommended health care practices and interventions.
2	RECORDMGT	records management	To perform one or more operations on information used within the health records management process.
2	SYSDEV	system development	To perform one or more operations on information to design, develop, implement, test, or deploy a healthcare system or application.
3	HTEST	test health data	To perform one or more operations on information that is simulated or synthetic health data used for testing system capabilities outside of a production or operational system environment. Usage Note: Data marked with a HTEST security label enables an access control system to permit interfacing systems or end users provisioned with a clearance, which includes a HTEST purpose of use attribute, to test, verify, or validate that a system or application will operate in production as intended based on design specifications.
2	TRAIN	training	To perform one or more operations on information used in training and education.
1	HPAYMT	healthcare payment	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting financial or contractual activities related to payment for provision of health care.
2	CLMATTCH	claim attachment	To perform one or more operations on information for provision of additional clinical evidence in support of a request for coverage or payment for health services.
2	COVAUTH	coverage authorization	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting prior authorization or predetermination of coverage for services.
2	COVERAGE	coverage under policy or program	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting activities related to coverage under a program or policy.
3	ELIGDTRM	eligibility determination	To perform one or more operations on information used for conducting eligibility determination for coverage in a program or policy. May entail review of financial status or disability assessment.
3	ELIGVER	eligibility verification	To perform one or more operations on information used for conducting eligibility verification of coverage in a program or policy. May entail provider contacting coverage source (e.g., government health program such as workers compensation or health plan) for confirmation of enrollment, eligibility for specific services, and any applicable copays.
3	ENROLLM	enrollment	To perform one or more operations on information used for enrolling a covered party in a program or policy. May entail recording of covered party's and any dependent's demographic information and benefit choices.
3	MILDCRG	military discharge	To perform one or more operations on information for the process of releasing military personnel from their service obligations, which may include determining service merit, discharge benefits, and disability assessment.
2	REMITADV	remittance advice	To perform one or more operations on information about the amount remitted for a health care claim.
1	HRESCH	healthcare research	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting scientific investigations to obtain health care knowledge. Use of the data iincludes basic and applied research such as biomedical, population origin or ancestry, translational research, and disease, discipline, specialty specific healthcare research and clinical trial research.
2	BIORCH	biomedical research	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting scientific investigations to obtain health care knowledge. Use of the data must be related to specified biomedical basic or applied research. For example, research on rare plants to determine whether biologic properties may be useful for pharmaceutical development. May be used in combination with clinical trial and other healthcare research purposes of use.
2	CLINTRCH	clinical trial research	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting scientific investigations in accordance with clinical trial protocols to obtain health care knowledge.
3	CLINTRCHNPC	clinical trial research without patient care	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting scientific investigations in accordance with clinical trial protocols to obtain health care knowledge without provision of patient care. May be post-coordinated or used with other purposes of use such as disease, discipline, specialty, population origins or ancestry, translational healthcare research. For example, a clinical trial conducted on laboratory specimens collected from a specified patient population.
3	CLINTRCHPC	clinical trial research with patient care	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting scientific investigations with patient care in accordance with clinical trial protocols to obtain health care knowledge. May be post-coordinated or used with other purposes of use such as disease, discipline, specialty, population origins or ancestry, translational healthcare research. For example, an "off-label" drug used for cancer therapy administer to a specified patient population.
3	PRECLINTRCH	preclinical trial research	To perform one or more operations on information in preparation for conducting scientific investigation to obtain health care knowledge, such as research on animals or review of patient health records, to determine the feasibility of a clinical trial study; assist with protocol design; or in preparation for institutional review board or ethics committee approval process. May be post-coordinated or used with other purposes of use such as disease, discipline, specialty, population origins or ancestry, translational healthcare research.
2	DSRCH	disease specific healthcare research	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting scientific investigations to obtain health care knowledge. Use of the data must be related to specified conditions, diagnosis, or disease healthcare research. For example, conducting cancer research by testing reaction of tumor cells to certain biologics. May be used in combination with clinical trial and other healthcare research purposes of use.
2	POARCH	population origins or ancestry healthcare research	To perform one or more operations on information, including genealogical pedigrees, historical records, surveys, family health data, health records, and genetic information, for conducting scientific investigations to obtain health care knowledge. Use of the data must be related to population origins and/or ancestry healthcare research. For example, gathering genetic specimens from a specific population in order to determine the ancestry and population origins of that group. May be used in combination with clinical trial and other healthcare research purposes of use.
2	TRANSRCH	translational healthcare research	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting scientific investigations to obtain health care knowledge related to evidence based medicine during the course of providing healthcare treatment. Sometimes referred to as "bench to bedside", which is the iterative feedback loop between healthcare research and clinical trials with input from information collected in the course of routine provision of healthcare. For example, by extending a patient encounter to conduct a survey related to a research topic such as attitudes about use of a wellness device that a patient agreed to use. May be used in combination with clinical trial and other healthcare research purposes of use.
1	PATRQT	patient requested	To perform one or more operations on information in response to a patient's request.
2	FAMRQT	family requested	To perform one or more operations on information in response to a request by a family member authorized by the patient.
2	PWATRNY	power of attorney	To perform one or more operations on information in response to a request by a person appointed as the patient's legal representative.
2	SUPNWK	support network	To perform one or more operations on information in response to a request by a person authorized by the patient.
1	PUBHLTH	public health	To perform one or more operations on information for conducting public health activities, such as the reporting of notifiable conditions.
2	DISASTER	disaster	To perform one or more operations on information used for provision of immediately needed health care to a population of living subjects located in a disaster zone.
2	THREAT	threat	To perform one or more operations on information used to prevent injury or disease to living subjects who may be the target of violence.
1	TREAT	treatment	To perform one or more operations on information for provision of health care.
2	CAREMGT	Care Management	To perform one or more operations on information for provision of health care coordination.
2	CLINTRL	clinical trial	To perform health care as part of the clinical trial protocol.
2	ETREAT	Emergency Treatment	To perform one or more operations on information for provision of immediately needed health care for an emergent condition.
2	POPHLTH	population health	To perform one or more operations on information for provision of health care to a population of living subjects, e.g., needle exchange program.