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Clinical Decision Support Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative |
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Definition for Code System ObservationStatus
{ "resourceType" : "CodeSystem", "id" : "observation-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" : "cds" }, { "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status", "valueCode" : "normative" }, { "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm", "valueInteger" : 5 }, { "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version", "valueCode" : "4.0.0" }], "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-status", "identifier" : [{ "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986", "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.401" }], "version" : "4.3.0-snapshot1", "name" : "ObservationStatus", "title" : "ObservationStatus", "status" : "active", "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" : "Codes providing the status of an observation.", "caseSensitive" : true, "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-status", "hierarchyMeaning" : "is-a", "content" : "complete", "concept" : [{ "code" : "registered", "display" : "Registered", "definition" : "The existence of the observation is registered, but there is no result yet available." }, { "code" : "preliminary", "display" : "Preliminary", "definition" : "This is an initial or interim observation: data may be incomplete or unverified." }, { "code" : "final", "display" : "Final", "definition" : "The observation is complete and there are no further actions needed. Additional information such \"released\", \"signed\", etc would be represented using [Provenance](provenance.html) which provides not only the act but also the actors and dates and other related data. These act states would be associated with an observation status of `preliminary` until they are all completed and then a status of `final` would be applied." }, { "code" : "amended", "display" : "Amended", "definition" : "Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified subsequent. This includes updates/new information and corrections.", "concept" : [{ "code" : "corrected", "display" : "Corrected", "definition" : "Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to correct an error in the test result." }] }, { "code" : "cancelled", "display" : "Cancelled", "definition" : "The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed (also sometimes called \"aborted\")." }, { "code" : "entered-in-error", "display" : "Entered in Error", "definition" : "The observation has been withdrawn following previous final release. This electronic record should never have existed, though it is possible that real-world decisions were based on it. (If real-world activity has occurred, the status should be \"cancelled\" rather than \"entered-in-error\".)." }, { "code" : "unknown", "display" : "Unknown", "definition" : "The authoring/source system does not know which of the status values currently applies for this observation. Note: This concept is not to be used for \"other\" - one of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, but the authoring/source system does not know which." }] }
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.