Release 5 Preview #2

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V3-ObservationMethod.json

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the observation. Examples: Blood pressure measurement method: arterial puncture vs. sphygmomanometer (Riva-Rocci), sitting vs. supine position, etc. OpenIssue: Description copied from Concept Domain of same name. Must be verified. Note that the Domain has a full discussion about use of the attribute and constraining that is not appropriate for the code system description. Needs to be improved.

{
  "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
  "id" : "v3-ObservationMethod",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2019-07-31T00:00:00.000+10:00",
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"]
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "external"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 0
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "vocab"
  }],
  "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-ObservationMethod",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.20423"
  }],
  "version" : "2019-07-31",
  "name" : "v3.ObservationMethod",
  "title" : "v3 Code System ObservationMethod",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2019-07-31",
  "publisher" : "HL7, Inc",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : " A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the observation.  Examples:\r\nBlood pressure measurement method: arterial puncture vs. sphygmomanometer (Riva-Rocci), sitting vs. supine position, etc.  OpenIssue:\r\nDescription copied from Concept Domain of same name.  Must be verified.  Note that the Domain has a full discussion about use of the attribute and constraining that is not appropriate for the code system description.  Needs to be improved.",
  "immutable" : true,
  "compose" : {
    "include" : [{
      "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationMethod"
    }]
  }
}

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.