Release 4B Snapshot #1

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Codesystem-encounter-status.json

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

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

Definition for Code System EncounterStatus

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "encounter-status",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2021-12-20T14:08:35.086+11:00",
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"]
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "pa"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 2
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-status",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.247"
  }],
  "version" : "4.3.0-snapshot1",
  "name" : "EncounterStatus",
  "title" : "EncounterStatus",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2021-01-17T07:06:13+11:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Current state of the encounter.",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-status",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "planned",
    "display" : "Planned",
    "definition" : "The Encounter has not yet started."
  },
  {
    "code" : "arrived",
    "display" : "Arrived",
    "definition" : "The Patient is present for the encounter, however is not currently meeting with a practitioner."
  },
  {
    "code" : "triaged",
    "display" : "Triaged",
    "definition" : "The patient has been assessed for the priority of their treatment based on the severity of their condition."
  },
  {
    "code" : "in-progress",
    "display" : "In Progress",
    "definition" : "The Encounter has begun and the patient is present / the practitioner and the patient are meeting."
  },
  {
    "code" : "onleave",
    "display" : "On Leave",
    "definition" : "The Encounter has begun, but the patient is temporarily on leave."
  },
  {
    "code" : "finished",
    "display" : "Finished",
    "definition" : "The Encounter has ended."
  },
  {
    "code" : "cancelled",
    "display" : "Cancelled",
    "definition" : "The Encounter has ended before it has begun."
  },
  {
    "code" : "entered-in-error",
    "display" : "Entered in Error",
    "definition" : "This instance should not have been part of this patient's medical record."
  },
  {
    "code" : "unknown",
    "display" : "Unknown",
    "definition" : "The encounter status is unknown. Note that \"unknown\" is a value of last resort and every attempt should be made to provide a meaningful value other than \"unknown\"."
  }]
}

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.