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4.4.1.215 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/allergy-intolerance-category

Patient Care

Work Group

Maturity Level: 3

Trial Use

Use Context: Any

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/allergy-intolerance-category

Version: 4.4.0

Name: AllergyIntoleranceCategory

Title: AllergyIntoleranceCategory

Definition:

Category of an identified substance associated with allergies or intolerances.

Committee: Patient Care Work Group

OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.133 (for OID based terminology systems)

Source Resource XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

CodeSystem: This value set is the designated 'entire code system' value set for AllergyIntoleranceCategory
Resource: AllergyIntolerance.category (code / Required)

4.4.1.215.1 Content Logical Definition

Include all codes defined in http://hl7.org/fhir/allergy-intolerance-category

4.4.1.215.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 03 May 2020

This value set contains 4 concepts

Expansion based on AllergyIntoleranceCategory v4.4.0 (CodeSystem)

All codes from system http://hl7.org/fhir/allergy-intolerance-category

Code	Display	Logical Definition (CLD)
food	Food	Any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body.
medication	Medication	Substances administered to achieve a physiological effect.
environment	Environment	Any substances that are encountered in the environment, including any substance not already classified as food, medication, or biologic.
biologic	Biologic	A preparation that is synthesized from living organisms or their products, especially a human or animal protein, such as a hormone or antitoxin, that is used as a diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic agent. Examples of biologic medications include: vaccines; allergenic extracts, which are used for both diagnosis and treatment (for example, allergy shots); gene therapies; cellular therapies. There are other biologic products, such as tissues, which are not typically associated with allergies.

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