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| Clinical Decision Support Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative |
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Definition for Code SystemDefinitionMethod
{
"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "definition-method",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2022-09-07T10:58:29.429+10:00",
"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" : "draft"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 1
}],
"url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/definition-method",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1953"
}],
"version" : "5.0.0-ballot",
"name" : "DefinitionMethod",
"title" : "DefinitionMethod",
"status" : "draft",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2020-12-28T16:55:11+11:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system" : "email",
"value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}]
}],
"description" : "The method used to define, describe, or determine a characteristic value.",
"caseSensitive" : true,
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/definition-method",
"content" : "complete",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "systematic-assessment",
"display" : "Systematic Assessment",
"definition" : "Any method of routinely determining whether or not certain adverse events have occurred, for example through a standard questionnaire, regular investigator assessment, regular laboratory testing, or other method"
},
{
"code" : "non-systematic-assessment",
"display" : "Non-Systematic Assessment",
"definition" : "Any non-systematic method for determining whether or not adverse events have occurred, such as self-reporting by participants or occasional assessment/testing"
},
{
"code" : "mean",
"display" : "Mean",
"definition" : "Aggregated using mean of observed values."
},
{
"code" : "median",
"display" : "Median",
"definition" : "Aggregated using median of observed values."
},
{
"code" : "mean-of-mean",
"display" : "Mean of Means",
"definition" : "Aggregated using mean of means (e.g. study mean values)."
},
{
"code" : "mean-of-median",
"display" : "Mean of Medians",
"definition" : "Aggregated using mean of medians (e.g. study median values)."
},
{
"code" : "median-of-mean",
"display" : "Median of Means",
"definition" : "Aggregated using median of means (e.g. study mean values)."
},
{
"code" : "median-of-median",
"display" : "Median of Medians",
"definition" : "Aggregated using median of medians (e.g. study median values)."
}]
}
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.