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This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.
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This value set contains 117 concepts
This is the code representing the clinical specialty of the clinician or provider who interacted with, treated, or provided a service to/for the patient. The value set used for clinical specialty has been limited by HITSP to the value set reproduced from HITSP C80 Table 2-149 Clinical Specialty Value Set Definition.
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This value set includes codes defined in other code systems, using the following rules:
Code | Display | |
408467006 | Adult mental illness | |
394577000 | Anesthetics | |
394578005 | Audiological medicine | |
421661004 | Blood banking and transfusion medicine | |
408462000 | Burns care | |
394579002 | Cardiology | |
394804000 | Clinical cytogenetics and molecular genetics | |
394580004 | Clinical genetics | |
394803006 | Clinical hematology | |
408480009 | Clinical immunology | |
408454008 | Clinical microbiology | |
394809005 | Clinical neuro-physiology | |
394592004 | Clinical oncology | |
394600006 | Clinical pharmacology | |
394601005 | Clinical physiology | |
394581000 | Community medicine | |
408478003 | Critical care medicine | |
394812008 | Dental medicine specialties | |
408444009 | Dental-General dental practice | |
394582007 | Dermatology | |
408475000 | Diabetic medicine | |
410005002 | Dive medicine | |
394583002 | Endocrinology | |
419772000 | Family practice | |
394584008 | Gastroenterology | |
408443003 | General medical practice | |
394802001 | General medicine | |
394915009 | General pathology | |
394814009 | General practice | |
394808002 | Genito-urinary medicine | |
394811001 | Geriatric medicine | |
408446006 | Gynecological oncology | |
394586005 | Gynecology | |
394916005 | Hematopathology | |
408472002 | Hepatology | |
394597005 | Histopathology | |
394598000 | Immunopathology | |
394807007 | Infectious diseases | |
419192003 | Internal medicine | |
408468001 | Learning disability | |
394593009 | Medical oncology | |
394813003 | Medical ophthalmology | |
410001006 | Military medicine | |
394589003 | Nephrology | |
394591006 | Neurology | |
394599008 | Neuropathology | |
394649004 | Nuclear medicine | |
408470005 | Obstetrics | |
394585009 | Obstetrics and gynecology | |
394821009 | Occupational medicine | |
422191005 | Ophthalmic surgery | |
394594003 | Ophthalmology | |
416304004 | Osteopathic manipulative medicine | |
418960008 | Otolaryngology | |
394882004 | Pain management | |
394806003 | Palliative medicine | |
394588006 | Pediatric (Child and adolescent) psychiatry | |
408459003 | Pediatric cardiology | |
394607009 | Pediatric dentistry | |
419610006 | Pediatric endocrinology | |
418058008 | Pediatric gastroenterology | |
420208008 | Pediatric genetics | |
418652005 | Pediatric hematology | |
418535003 | Pediatric immunology | |
418862001 | Pediatric infectious diseases | |
419365004 | Pediatric nephrology | |
418002000 | Pediatric oncology | |
419983000 | Pediatric ophthalmology | |
419170002 | Pediatric pulmonology | |
419472004 | Pediatric rheumatology | |
394539006 | Pediatric surgery | |
420112009 | Pediatric surgery-bone marrow transplantation | |
409968004 | Preventive medicine | |
394587001 | Psychiatry | |
394913002 | Psychotherapy | |
408440000 | Public health medicine | |
418112009 | Pulmonary medicine | |
419815003 | Radiation oncology | |
394914008 | Radiology | |
408455009 | Radiology-Interventional radiology | |
394602003 | Rehabilitation | |
408447002 | Respite care | |
394810000 | Rheumatology | |
408450004 | Sleep studies | |
408476004 | Surgery-Bone and marrow transplantation | |
408469009 | Surgery-Breast surgery | |
408466002 | Surgery-Cardiac surgery | |
408471009 | Surgery-Cardiothoracic transplantation | |
408464004 | Surgery-Colorectal surgery | |
408441001 | Surgery-Dental-Endodontics | |
408465003 | Surgery-Dental-Oral and maxillofacial surgery | |
394605001 | Surgery-Dental-Oral surgery | |
394608004 | Surgery-Dental-Orthodontics | |
408461007 | Surgery-Dental-Periodontal surgery | |
408460008 | Surgery-Dental-Prosthetic dentistry (Prosthodontics) | |
408460008 | Surgery-Dental-surgical-Prosthodontics | |
394606000 | Surgery-Dentistry-Restorative dentistry | |
408449004 | Surgery-Dentistry--surgical | |
394608004 | Surgery-Dentistry-surgical-Orthodontics | |
418018006 | Surgery-Dermatologic surgery | |
394604002 | Surgery-Ear, nose and throat surgery | |
394609007 | Surgery-general | |
408474001 | Surgery-Hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery | |
394610002 | Surgery-Neurosurgery | |
394611003 | Surgery-Plastic surgery | |
408477008 | Surgery-Transplantation surgery | |
394801008 | Surgery-Trauma and orthopedics | |
408463005 | Surgery-Vascular | |
419321007 | Surgical oncology | |
394576009 | Surgical-Accident & emergency | |
394590007 | Thoracic medicine | |
409967009 | Toxicology | |
408448007 | Tropical medicine | |
419043006 | Urological oncology | |
394612005 | Urology | |
394733009 | Medical specialty--OTHER--NOT LISTED | |
394732004 | Surgical specialty--OTHER-NOT LISTED |
This value set is used in the following places:
The OID for the value set is 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.1769 (OIDs are not used in FHIR, but may be used in v3, or OID based terminology systems).
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