Release 5 Preview #1

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Codesystem-language-preference-type.json

Vocabulary Work Group

Maturity Level: N/A

Standards Status: Informative

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

Definition for Code System LanguagePreferenceType

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "language-preference-type",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2019-12-31T21:03:40.621+11:00",
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"]
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/language-preference-type",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1023"
  }],
  "version" : "4.2.0",
  "name" : "LanguagePreferenceType",
  "title" : "Language preference type",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "publisher" : "FHIR Project team",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This value set defines the set of codes for describing the type or mode of the patient's preferred language.",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "verbal",
    "display" : "verbal",
    "definition" : "The patient prefers to verbally communicate with the associated language."
  },
  {
    "code" : "written",
    "display" : "written",
    "definition" : "The patient prefers to communicate in writing with the associated language."
  }]
}

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.