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| Orders and Observations Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Ballot Status: Informative |
Definition for Code System DataAbsentReason
{
"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"id": "data-absent-reason",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2018-04-03T12:05:46.262+10:00"
},
"text": {
"status": "extensions",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode": "oo"
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status",
"valueString": "Normative"
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger": 5
}
],
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/data-absent-reason",
"identifier": {
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.6"
},
"version": "3.3.0",
"name": "DataAbsentReason",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": false,
"date": "2018-04-03T12:05:46+10:00",
"description": "Used to specify why the normally expected content of the data element is missing.",
"caseSensitive": true,
"valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/data-absent-reason",
"content": "complete",
"concept": [
{
"code": "unknown",
"display": "Unknown",
"definition": "The value is expected to exist but is not known.",
"concept": [
{
"code": "asked-unknown",
"display": "Asked But Unknown",
"definition": "The source was asked but does not know the value."
},
{
"code": "temp-unknown",
"display": "Temporarily Unknown",
"definition": "There is reason to expect (from the workflow) that the value may become known."
},
{
"code": "not-asked",
"display": "Not Asked",
"definition": "The workflow didn't lead to this value being known."
},
{
"code": "asked-declined",
"display": "Asked But Declined",
"definition": "The source was asked but declined to answer."
}
]
},
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/codesystem-comments",
"valueString": "Using \"masked\" may be breach of security or confidentiality, but there are times when its use is required to support alternate workflows for gaining access to denied information."
}
],
"code": "masked",
"display": "Masked",
"definition": "The information is not available due to security, privacy or related reasons."
},
{
"code": "not-applicable",
"display": "Not Applicable",
"definition": "There is no proper value for this element (e.g. last menstrual period for a male)"
},
{
"code": "unsupported",
"display": "Unsupported",
"definition": "The source system wasn't capable of supporting this element."
},
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/codesystem-comments",
"valueString": "it may be linked by internal references (e.g. xml:id). This usually implies that the value could not be represented in the correct format - this may be due to system limitations, or this particular data value"
}
],
"code": "as-text",
"display": "As Text",
"definition": "The content of the data is represented in the resource narrative."
},
{
"code": "error",
"display": "Error",
"definition": "Some system or workflow process error means that the information is not available.",
"concept": [
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/codesystem-comments",
"valueString": "This is sometimes an output value from measuring devices."
}
],
"code": "not-a-number",
"display": "Not a Number (NaN)",
"definition": "The numeric value is undefined or unrepresentable due to a floating point processing error."
},
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/codesystem-comments",
"valueString": "This is sometimes an output value from measuring devices."
}
],
"code": "negative-infinity",
"display": "Negative Infinity (NINF)",
"definition": "The numeric value is excessively low and unrepresentable due to a floating point processing error."
},
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/codesystem-comments",
"valueString": "This is sometimes an output value from measuring devices."
}
],
"code": "positive-infinity",
"display": "Positive Infinity (PINF)",
"definition": "The numeric value is excessively high and unrepresentable due to a floating point processing error."
}
]
},
{
"code": "not-performed",
"display": "Not Performed",
"definition": "The value is not available because the observation procedure (test, etc.) was not performed."
},
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/codesystem-comments",
"valueString": "This is most often associated with required bindings that do not include the actual code used, but may be used with other data types)"
}
],
"code": "not-permitted",
"display": "Not Permitted",
"definition": "The value is not permitted in this context (e.g. due to profiles, or the base data types)"
}
]
}
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.