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4.4.1.585 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/benefit-unit

Financial Management

Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Draft

Use Context: Any

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/benefit-unit

Version: 4.5.0

Name: UnitTypeCodes

Title: Unit Type Codes

Definition:

This value set includes a smattering of Unit type codes.

Committee: Financial Management Work Group

OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.610 (for OID based terminology systems)

Copyright:

This is an example set.

Source Resource XML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

Resource: CoverageEligibilityResponse.insurance.item.unit (CodeableConcept / Example)
Resource: ExplanationOfBenefit.benefitBalance.unit (CodeableConcept / Example)

4.4.1.585.1 Content Logical Definition

Include all codes defined in http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/benefit-unit

4.4.1.585.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 20 Aug 2020

This value set contains 2 concepts

Expansion based on Unit Type Codes v4.2.0 (CodeSystem)

All codes from system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/benefit-unit

Code	Display	Definition
individual	Individual	A single individual
family	Family	A family, typically includes self, spouse(s) and children to a defined age

See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.

Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:

Lvl

A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - see Code System for further information

Source

The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)

Code

The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract')

Display

The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application

Definition

An explanation of the meaning of the concept

Comments

Additional notes about how to use the code