Release 4B Snapshot #1

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Codesystem-location-physical-type.json

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

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

Definition for Code System LocationType

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "location-physical-type",
  "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://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1108"
  }],
  "version" : "4.3.0-snapshot1",
  "name" : "LocationType",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : false,
  "description" : "This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.",
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "si",
    "display" : "Site",
    "definition" : "A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus."
  },
  {
    "code" : "bu",
    "display" : "Building",
    "definition" : "Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space."
  },
  {
    "code" : "wi",
    "display" : "Wing",
    "definition" : "A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors."
  },
  {
    "code" : "wa",
    "display" : "Ward",
    "definition" : "A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location."
  },
  {
    "code" : "lvl",
    "display" : "Level",
    "definition" : "A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure."
  },
  {
    "code" : "co",
    "display" : "Corridor",
    "definition" : "Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms."
  },
  {
    "code" : "ro",
    "display" : "Room",
    "definition" : "A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these."
  },
  {
    "code" : "bd",
    "display" : "Bed",
    "definition" : "A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy."
  },
  {
    "code" : "ve",
    "display" : "Vehicle",
    "definition" : "A means of transportation."
  },
  {
    "code" : "ho",
    "display" : "House",
    "definition" : "A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside."
  },
  {
    "code" : "ca",
    "display" : "Cabinet",
    "definition" : "A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items."
  },
  {
    "code" : "rd",
    "display" : "Road",
    "definition" : "A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name."
  },
  {
    "code" : "area",
    "display" : "Area",
    "definition" : "A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode"
  },
  {
    "code" : "jdn",
    "display" : "Jurisdiction",
    "definition" : "A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health),  Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundary"
  }]
}

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.