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Definition for Value Setuslab-observationkind
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="uslab-obs-kind"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2015-10-24T07:41:03.495+11:00"/> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <h2>uslab-observationkind</h2> <p>Code to classify the kind of observation in Observation.value[x]</p> <p>This value set has an inline code system http://hl7.org/fhir/obs-kind, which defines the following codes:</p> <table class="codes"> <tr> <td> <b>Code</b> </td> <td> <b>Display</b> </td> <td> <b>Definition</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>result <a name="result"> </a> </td> <td>result</td> <td>The value is Observation.value[x] is an actual result from a laboratory test</td> </tr> <tr> <td>response <a name="response"> </a> </td> <td>response</td> <td>The value is Observation.value[x] is a response to laboratory Ask at order (AOE) questions</td> </tr> <tr> <td>information <a name="information"> </a> </td> <td>information</td> <td>The value is Observation.value[x] is some other unsolicited clnically relevant information.</td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.0"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/uslab-obs-kind"/> <version value="1.0.2"/> <name value="uslab-observationkind"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="false"/> <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="other"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> <telecom> <system value="email"/> <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> </telecom> </contact> <date value="2015-10-24T07:41:03+11:00"/> <description value="Code to classify the kind of observation in Observation.value[x]"/> <codeSystem> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/obs-kind"/> <version value="1.0.2"/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <concept> <code value="result"/> <display value="result"/> <definition value="The value is Observation.value[x] is an actual result from a laboratory test"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="response"/> <display value="response"/> <definition value="The value is Observation.value[x] is a response to laboratory Ask at order (AOE) questions"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="information"/> <display value="information"/> <definition value="The value is Observation.value[x] is some other unsolicited clnically relevant information."/> </concept> </codeSystem> </ValueSet>
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.