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Codesystem-focus-characteristic-code.xml

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

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Definition for Code System FocusCharacteristicCode

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="focus-characteristic-code"/> 
  <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/focus-characteristic-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">citation
            
            
            <a name="focus-characteristic-code-citation"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Citation</td> 
          
          
          <td> Used to reference a specific article.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">clinical-outcomes-observed
            
            
            <a name="focus-characteristic-code-clinical-outcomes-observed"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Observed outcomes are clinical outcomes</td> 
          
          
          <td> Used to denote a focus on clinical outcomes, ie evidence variable in role of outcome (measured
             variable) as observed is considered a &quot;clinical outcome&quot; (patient-important
             outcome such as mortality, symptoms, function or quality of life).</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">population
            
            
            <a name="focus-characteristic-code-population"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Population</td> 
          
          
          <td> The population of interest.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">exposure
            
            
            <a name="focus-characteristic-code-exposure"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Exposure</td> 
          
          
          <td> The exposure of interest, such as an intervention.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">comparator
            
            
            <a name="focus-characteristic-code-comparator"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Comparator</td> 
          
          
          <td> The comparator (intervention or control state) of interest.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">outcome
            
            
            <a name="focus-characteristic-code-outcome"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Outcome</td> 
          
          
          <td> the outcome of interest.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">medication-exposures
            
            
            <a name="focus-characteristic-code-medication-exposures"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Medication exposures</td> 
          
          
          <td> Any medication exposures. A subset of exposures or interventions that are medications.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">study-type
            
            
            <a name="focus-characteristic-code-study-type"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Study type</td> 
          
          
          <td> Type of research study, such as randomized trial or case-control study.</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="0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/focus-characteristic-code"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.0"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.3.0-snapshot1"/> 
  <name value="FocusCharacteristicCode"/> 
  <title value="FocusCharacteristicCode"/> 
  <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="Evidence focus characteristic code."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/focus-characteristic-code"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="citation"/> 
    <display value="Citation"/> 
    <definition value="Used to reference a specific article."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="clinical-outcomes-observed"/> 
    <display value="Observed outcomes are clinical outcomes"/> 
    <definition value="Used to denote a focus on clinical outcomes, ie evidence variable in role of outcome (measured
     variable) as observed is considered a &quot;clinical outcome&quot; (patient-important
     outcome such as mortality, symptoms, function or quality of life)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="population"/> 
    <display value="Population"/> 
    <definition value="The population of interest."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="exposure"/> 
    <display value="Exposure"/> 
    <definition value="The exposure of interest, such as an intervention."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="comparator"/> 
    <display value="Comparator"/> 
    <definition value="The comparator (intervention or control state) of interest."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="outcome"/> 
    <display value="Outcome"/> 
    <definition value="the outcome of interest."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="medication-exposures"/> 
    <display value="Medication exposures"/> 
    <definition value="Any medication exposures. A subset of exposures or interventions that are medications."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="study-type"/> 
    <display value="Study type"/> 
    <definition value="Type of research study, such as randomized trial or case-control study."/> 
  </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.