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| Patient Administration  Work Group | Maturity Level: 4 | Trial Use | Use Context: Country: World | 
| Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-participant-type | Version: 6.0.0-ballot3 | |||
| draft as of 2025-04-01 | Computable Name: ParticipantType | |||
| Flags: | OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.250 | |||
This value set is used in the following places:
This value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate how an individual participates in an encounter.
Generated Narrative: ValueSet encounter-participant-type
Last updated: 2025-04-01T12:16:37.966+11:00
Profile: Shareable ValueSet
This value set includes codes based on the following rules:
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType  where concept  is-a _ParticipationAncillary
 where concept  is-a _ParticipationAncillary 
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/participant-type 
This value set excludes codes based on the following rules:
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType 
| Code | Display | Definition | 
| _ParticipationAncillary  | ParticipationAncillary | Participations related, but not primary to an act. The Referring, Admitting, and Discharging practitioners must be the same person as those authoring the ControlAct event for their respective trigger events. | 
This expansion generated 01 Apr 2025
ValueSet
Expansion performed internally based on:
This value set contains 9 concepts
| Code | System | Display | Definition | 
| ADM  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType | admitter | The practitioner who is responsible for admitting a patient to a patient encounter. | 
| ATND  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType | attender | The practitioner that has responsibility for overseeing a patient's care during a patient encounter. | 
| CALLBCK  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType | callback contact | A person or organization who should be contacted for follow-up questions about the act in place of the author. | 
| CON  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType | consultant | An advisor participating in the service by performing evaluations and making recommendations. | 
| DIS  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType | discharger | The practitioner who is responsible for the discharge of a patient from a patient encounter. | 
| ESC  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType | escort | Only with Transportation services. A person who escorts the patient. | 
| REF  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType | referrer | A person having referred the subject of the service to the performer (referring physician). Typically, a referring physician will receive a report. | 
| translator  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/participant-type | Translator | A translator who is facilitating communication with the patient during the encounter. | 
| emergency  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/participant-type | Emergency | A person to be contacted in case of an emergency during the encounter. | 
See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.
Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:
| Lvl | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - see Code System for further information | 
| Source | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere) | 
| Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract') | 
| Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application | 
| Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept | 
| Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code |