Release 4B Snapshot #1

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Codesystem-directness.xml

Clinical Decision Support Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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

Definition for Code System EvidenceDirectness

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="directness"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2021-12-20T14:08:35.086+11:00"/> 
    <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 http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/directness 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">low
            
            
            <a name="directness-low"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Low quality match between observed and intended variable</td> 
          
          
          <td> Low matching quality between observed and intended variable, so very serious concern for
             indirectness in evidence interpretation.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">moderate
            
            
            <a name="directness-moderate"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Moderate quality match between observed and intended variable</td> 
          
          
          <td> Moderate matching quality between observed and intended variable, so serious concern for
             indirectness in evidence interpretation.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">high
            
            
            <a name="directness-high"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> High quality match between observed and intended variable</td> 
          
          
          <td> High matching quality between observed and intended variable, so little concern for indirectness
             in evidence interpretation.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">exact
            
            
            <a name="directness-exact"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Exact match between observed and intended variable</td> 
          
          
          <td> Exact matching quality between observed and intended variable, so no concern for indirectness
             in evidence interpretation.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
      
      
      </table> 
    
    
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="cds"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="trial-use"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/directness"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1459"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.3.0-snapshot1"/> 
  <name value="EvidenceDirectness"/> 
  <title value="EvidenceDirectness"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2020-12-28T16:55:11+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="The quality of how direct the match is."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/directness"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="low"/> 
    <display value="Low quality match between observed and intended variable"/> 
    <definition value="Low matching quality between observed and intended variable, so very serious concern for
     indirectness in evidence interpretation."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="moderate"/> 
    <display value="Moderate quality match between observed and intended variable"/> 
    <definition value="Moderate matching quality between observed and intended variable, so serious concern for
     indirectness in evidence interpretation."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="high"/> 
    <display value="High quality match between observed and intended variable"/> 
    <definition value="High matching quality between observed and intended variable, so little concern for indirectness
     in evidence interpretation."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="exact"/> 
    <display value="Exact match between observed and intended variable"/> 
    <definition value="Exact matching quality between observed and intended variable, so no concern for indirectness
     in evidence interpretation."/> 
  </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.