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Definition for Code System LanguagePreferenceType
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="language-preference-type"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2019-12-31T21:03:40.621+11:00"/> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2> Language preference type</h2> <div> <p> This value set defines the set of codes for describing the type or mode of the patient's preferred language.</p> </div> <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/language-preference-type 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">verbal <a name="language-preference-type-verbal"> </a> </td> <td> verbal</td> <td> The patient prefers to verbally communicate with the associated language.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">written <a name="language-preference-type-written"> </a> </td> <td> written</td> <td> The patient prefers to communicate in writing with the associated language.</td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/language-preference-type"/> <identifier> <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1023"/> </identifier> <version value="4.2.0"/> <name value="LanguagePreferenceType"/> <title value="Language preference type"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="false"/> <publisher value="FHIR Project team"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value="This value set defines the set of codes for describing the type or mode of the patient's preferred language."/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <content value="complete"/> <concept> <code value="verbal"/> <display value="verbal"/> <definition value="The patient prefers to verbally communicate with the associated language."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="written"/> <display value="written"/> <definition value="The patient prefers to communicate in writing with the associated language."/> </concept> </CodeSystem>
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