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Codesystem-definition-resource-types.xml

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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

Definition for Code System DefinitionResourceType

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="definition-resource-types"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2020-05-03T08:43:35.811+10:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> DefinitionResourceType</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> A list of all the definition resource types defined in this version of the FHIR specification.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/definition-resource-types 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">ActivityDefinition
            <a name="definition-resource-types-ActivityDefinition"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> ActivityDefinition</td> 
          <td> This resource allows for the definition of some activity to be performed, independent
             of a particular patient, practitioner, or other performance context.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">EventDefinition
            <a name="definition-resource-types-EventDefinition"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> EventDefinition</td> 
          <td> The EventDefinition resource provides a reusable description of when a particular event
             can occur.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Measure
            <a name="definition-resource-types-Measure"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Measure</td> 
          <td> The Measure resource provides the definition of a quality measure.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">OperationDefinition
            <a name="definition-resource-types-OperationDefinition"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> OperationDefinition</td> 
          <td> A formal computable definition of an operation (on the RESTful interface) or a named query
             (using the search interaction).</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">PlanDefinition
            <a name="definition-resource-types-PlanDefinition"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> PlanDefinition</td> 
          <td> This resource allows for the definition of various types of plans as a sharable, consumable,
             and executable artifact. The resource is general enough to support the description of
             a broad range of clinical artifacts such as clinical decision support rules, order sets
             and protocols.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Questionnaire
            <a name="definition-resource-types-Questionnaire"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Questionnaire</td> 
          <td> A structured set of questions intended to guide the collection of answers from end-users.
             Questionnaires provide detailed control over order, presentation, phraseology and grouping
             to allow coherent, consistent data collection.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="vocab"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/definition-resource-types"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1057"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.4.0"/> 
  <name value="DefinitionResourceType"/> 
  <title value="DefinitionResourceType"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2020-05-03T08:43:35+10:00"/> 
  <description value="A list of all the definition resource types defined in this version of the FHIR specification."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/definition-resource-types"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="ActivityDefinition"/> 
    <display value="ActivityDefinition"/> 
    <definition value="This resource allows for the definition of some activity to be performed, independent
     of a particular patient, practitioner, or other performance context."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="EventDefinition"/> 
    <display value="EventDefinition"/> 
    <definition value="The EventDefinition resource provides a reusable description of when a particular event
     can occur."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Measure"/> 
    <display value="Measure"/> 
    <definition value="The Measure resource provides the definition of a quality measure."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="OperationDefinition"/> 
    <display value="OperationDefinition"/> 
    <definition value="A formal computable definition of an operation (on the RESTful interface) or a named query
     (using the search interaction)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="PlanDefinition"/> 
    <display value="PlanDefinition"/> 
    <definition value="This resource allows for the definition of various types of plans as a sharable, consumable,
     and executable artifact. The resource is general enough to support the description of
     a broad range of clinical artifacts such as clinical decision support rules, order sets
     and protocols."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Questionnaire"/> 
    <display value="Questionnaire"/> 
    <definition value="A structured set of questions intended to guide the collection of answers from end-users.
     Questionnaires provide detailed control over order, presentation, phraseology and grouping
     to allow coherent, consistent data collection."/> 
  </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.