Release 5 Ballot

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v5.0.0-ballot: R5 Ballot - see ballot notes). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R4B R4

Example CodeSystem/language-preference-type (XML)

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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

Definition for Code SystemLanguagePreferenceType

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="language-preference-type"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2022-09-10T04:52:37.223+10:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p> This code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/language-preference-type</code>  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> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/language-preference-type"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1023"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="5.0.0-ballot"/> 
  <name value="LanguagePreferenceType"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="true"/> 
  <description value="This code system defines a 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> 

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.