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| Financial Management  Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Draft | Use Context: Country: World | 
| Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/ex-diagnosistype | Version: 6.0.0-ballot3 | |||
| draft as of 2025-04-01 | Computable Name: ExampleDiagnosisTypeCodes | |||
| Flags: | OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.590 | |||
This value set is used in the following places:
This value set includes example Diagnosis Type codes.
Generated Narrative: ValueSet ex-diagnosistype
Last updated: 2025-04-01T12:16:37.966+11:00
Profile: Shareable ValueSet
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype 
This expansion generated 01 Apr 2025
ValueSet
Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Example Diagnosis Type Codes v1.0.1 (CodeSystem) 
This value set contains 12 concepts
| Code | System | Display | Definition | 
| admitting  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Admitting Diagnosis | The diagnosis given as the reason why the patient was admitted to the hospital. | 
| clinical  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Clinical Diagnosis | A diagnosis made on the basis of medical signs and patient-reported symptoms, rather than diagnostic tests. | 
| differential  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Differential Diagnosis | One of a set of the possible diagnoses that could be connected to the signs, symptoms, and lab findings. | 
| discharge  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Discharge Diagnosis | The diagnosis given when the patient is discharged from the hospital. | 
| laboratory  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Laboratory Diagnosis | A diagnosis based significantly on laboratory reports or test results, rather than the physical examination of the patient. | 
| nursing  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Nursing Diagnosis | A diagnosis which identifies people's responses to situations in their lives, such as a readiness to change or a willingness to accept assistance. | 
| prenatal  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Prenatal Diagnosis | A diagnosis determined prior to birth. | 
| principal  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Principal Diagnosis | The single medical diagnosis that is most relevant to the patient's chief complaint or need for treatment. | 
| radiology  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Radiology Diagnosis | A diagnosis based primarily on the results from medical imaging studies. | 
| remote  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Remote Diagnosis | A diagnosis determined using telemedicine techniques. | 
| retrospective  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Retrospective Diagnosis | The labeling of an illness in a specific historical event using modern knowledge, methods and disease classifications. | 
| self  | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/ex-diagnosistype | Self Diagnosis | A diagnosis determined by the patient. | 
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 |