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Codesystem-definition-status.xml

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Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Definition for Code System DefinitionStatus

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="definition-status"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-12-31T21:03:40.621+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> DefinitionStatus</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> Codes identifying the lifecycle stage of a definition.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/definition-status defines the following
         codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">draft
            <a name="definition-status-draft"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Draft</td> 
          <td> The definition is in the design stage and is not yet considered to be &quot;ready for
             use&quot;.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">active
            <a name="definition-status-active"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Active</td> 
          <td> The definition is considered ready for use.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">withdrawn
            <a name="definition-status-withdrawn"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Withdrawn</td> 
          <td> The definition should no longer be used.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">unknown
            <a name="definition-status-unknown"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Unknown</td> 
          <td> The authoring/source system does not know which of the status values currently applies
             for this resource.  Note: This concept is not to be used for &quot;other&quot; - one of
             the listed statuses is presumed to apply,  but the authoring/source system does not know
             which.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/definition-status"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1070"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.2.0"/> 
  <name value="DefinitionStatus"/> 
  <title value="DefinitionStatus"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2019-12-31T21:03:40+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Codes identifying the lifecycle stage of a definition."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/definition-status"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="draft"/> 
    <display value="Draft"/> 
    <definition value="The definition is in the design stage and is not yet considered to be &quot;ready for
     use&quot;."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="active"/> 
    <display value="Active"/> 
    <definition value="The definition is considered ready for use."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="withdrawn"/> 
    <display value="Withdrawn"/> 
    <definition value="The definition should no longer be used."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="unknown"/> 
    <display value="Unknown"/> 
    <definition value="The authoring/source system does not know which of the status values currently applies
     for this resource.  Note: This concept is not to be used for &quot;other&quot; - one of
     the listed statuses is presumed to apply,  but the authoring/source system does not know
     which."/> 
  </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.