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Codesystem-observation-status.xml

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Definition for Code System ObservationStatus

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="observation-status"/> 
  <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">
      
      
      
      <h2> ObservationStatus</h2> 
      
      
      
      <div> 
        
        
        
        <p> Codes providing the status of an observation.</p> 

      
      
      
      </div> 
      
      
      
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-status defines the following codes:</p> 
      
      
      
      <table class="codes">
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 
            
            
            
            <b> Lvl</b> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            
            
            
            <b> Code</b> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> 
            
            
            
            <b> Display</b> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> 
            
            
            
            <b> Definition</b> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 1</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">registered
            
            
            
            <a name="observation-status-registered"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Registered</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> The existence of the observation is registered, but there is no result yet available.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 1</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">preliminary
            
            
            
            <a name="observation-status-preliminary"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Preliminary</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> This is an initial or interim observation: data may be incomplete or unverified.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 1</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">final
            
            
            
            <a name="observation-status-final"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Final</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> The observation is complete and there are no further actions needed. Additional information
             such &quot;released&quot;, &quot;signed&quot;, etc would be represented using [Provenance](provenanc
            e.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.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 1</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">amended
            
            
            
            <a name="observation-status-amended"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Amended</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified subsequent.  This includes
             updates/new information and corrections.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 2</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  corrected
            
            
            
            <a name="observation-status-corrected"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Corrected</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to correct an error in the
             test result.</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 1</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">cancelled
            
            
            
            <a name="observation-status-cancelled"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Cancelled</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed
             (also sometimes called &quot;aborted&quot;).</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 1</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">entered-in-error
            
            
            
            <a name="observation-status-entered-in-error"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Entered in Error</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> 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 &quot;cancelled&quot;
             rather than &quot;entered-in-error&quot;.).</td> 
        
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          
          <td> 1</td> 
          
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">unknown
            
            
            
            <a name="observation-status-unknown"> </a> 
          
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          
          <td> Unknown</td> 
          
          
          
          <td> 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 &quot;other&quot; - one
             of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, but the authoring/source system does not
             know which.</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="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
    <valueCode value="4.0.0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-status"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.401"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.3.0-snapshot1"/> 
  <name value="ObservationStatus"/> 
  <title value="ObservationStatus"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2021-01-17T07:06:13+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="Codes providing the status of an observation."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-status"/> 
  <hierarchyMeaning value="is-a"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="registered"/> 
    <display value="Registered"/> 
    <definition value="The existence of the observation is registered, but there is no result yet available."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="preliminary"/> 
    <display value="Preliminary"/> 
    <definition value="This is an initial or interim observation: data may be incomplete or unverified."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="final"/> 
    <display value="Final"/> 
    <definition value="The observation is complete and there are no further actions needed. Additional information
     such &quot;released&quot;, &quot;signed&quot;, etc would be represented using [Provenance](provenanc
    e.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."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="amended"/> 
    <display value="Amended"/> 
    <definition value="Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified subsequent.  This includes
     updates/new information and corrections."/> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="corrected"/> 
      <display value="Corrected"/> 
      <definition value="Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to correct an error in the
       test result."/> 
    </concept> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="cancelled"/> 
    <display value="Cancelled"/> 
    <definition value="The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed
     (also sometimes called &quot;aborted&quot;)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="entered-in-error"/> 
    <display value="Entered in Error"/> 
    <definition value="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 &quot;cancelled&quot;
     rather than &quot;entered-in-error&quot;.)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="unknown"/> 
    <display value="Unknown"/> 
    <definition value="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 &quot;other&quot; - one
     of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, but the authoring/source system does not
     know which."/> 
  </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.