This value set has an inline code system http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/EntityCode, which defines the following codes:
Lvl | Code | Display | Definition |
1 | _MaterialEntityClassType | MaterialEntityClassType | Types of Material for EntityClass "MAT" |
2 | _ContainerEntityType | ContainerEntityType | Material intended to hold another material for purpose of storage or transport. |
3 | PKG | Package | A material intended to hold other materials for purposes of storage or transportation |
4 | _NonRigidContainerEntityType | NonRigidContainerEntityType | A container having dimensions that adjust somewhat based on the amount and shape of the material placed within it. |
5 | BAG | Bag | A pouched or pendulous container. |
5 | PACKT | Packet | A paper |
5 | PCH | Pouch | A small bag or container made of a soft material. |
5 | SACH | Sachet | A small bag or packet containing a small portion of a substance. |
4 | _RigidContainerEntityType | RigidContainerEntityType | A container having a fixed and inflexible dimensions and volume |
5 | _IndividualPackageEntityType | IndividualPackageEntityType | Container intended to contain sufficient material for only one use. |
6 | AMP | Ampule | A small sealed glass container that holds a measured amount of a medicinal substance. |
6 | MINIM | Minim | Individually dosed ophthalmic solution. One time eye dropper dispenser. |
6 | NEBAMP | Nebuamp | Individually dosed inhalation solution. |
6 | OVUL | Ovule | A container either glass or plastic and a narrow neck, for storing liquid. |
5 | _MultiUseContainerEntityType | MultiUseContainerEntityType | A container intended to contain sufficient material for more than one use. (I.e. Material is intended to be removed from the container at more than one discrete time period.) |
6 | BOT | Bottle | A container, typically rounded, either glass or plastic with a narrow neck and capable of storing liquid. |
7 | BOTA | Amber Bottle | A bottle of yellow to brown color. Used to store light-sensitive materials |
7 | BOTD | Dropper Bottle | A bottle with a cap designed to release the contained liquid in droplets of a specific size. |
7 | BOTG | Glass Bottle | A bottle made of glass |
7 | BOTP | Plastic Bottle | A bottle made of plastic |
8 | BOTPLY | Polyethylene Bottle | A bottle made of polyethylene |
6 | BOX | Box | A 6-sided container commonly made from paper or cardboard used for solid forms. |
6 | CAN | Can | A metal container in which a material is hermetically sealed to enable storage over long periods. |
6 | CART | Cartridge | A sealed container of liquid or powder intended to be loaded into a device. |
6 | CNSTR | Canister | A pressurized metal container holding a substance released as a spray or aerosol. |
6 | JAR | Jar | A container of glass, earthenware, plastic, etc. Top of the container has a diameter of similar size to the diameter of the container as a whole |
6 | JUG | Jug | A deep vessel for holding liquids, with a handle and often with a spout or lip shape for pouring. |
6 | TIN | Tin | A lidded container made of thin sheet metal. |
6 | TUB | Tub | An open flat bottomed round container. |
6 | TUBE | Tube | A long hollow rigid or flexible cylinder. Material is extruded by squeezing the container. |
6 | VIAL | Vial | A small cylindrical glass for holding liquid medicines. |
5 | BLSTRPK | Blister Pack | A bubblepack. Medications sealed individually, separated into doses. |
6 | CARD | Card | A bubble pack card. Multiple individual/separated doses. |
4 | COMPPKG | Compliance Package | A container intended to contain sufficient material for more than one use, but grouped or organized to provide individual access to sufficient material for a single use. Often used to ensure that the proper type and amount of material is consumed/expended for each use. |
5 | DIALPK | Dial Pack | Rotatable dispenser. Eg. Birth control package. |
5 | DISK | Disk | Object that is thin, flat, and circular. Doses of medication often contained in bubbles on the disk. |
5 | DOSET | Dosette | Special packaging that will help patients take their medications on a regular basis. |
5 | STRIP | Strip | A continuous strip of plastic sectioned into individual pouches, each one containing the quantity of 1 or more medications intended to be administered at a specific time |
4 | KIT | Kit | A container for a diverse collection of products intended to be used together for some purpose (e.g. Medicinal kits often contain a syringe, a needle and the injectable medication). |
5 | SYSTM | System | A kit in which the components are interconnected. |
2 | _MedicalDevice | MedicalDevice | A device with direct or indirect therapeutic purpose. Values for EntityCode when EntityClass = "DEV" |
3 | _AccessMedicalDevice | AccessMedicalDevice | A device used to allow access to a part of a body |
4 | LINE | Line | A hollow tube used to administer a substance into a vein, artery or body cavity |
5 | IALINE | Intra-arterial Line | A line used to administer a substance into an artery |
5 | IVLINE | Intraveneous Line | A line used to administer a substance into a vein |
3 | _AdministrationMedicalDevice | AdministrationMedicalDevice | A device intended to administer a substance to a subject |
4 | _InjectionMedicalDevice | InjectionMedicalDevice | A device intended to administer liquid into a subject via a |
5 | AINJ | AutoInjector | Automatically injects medication. |
5 | PEN | Pen | A device which can contain a cartridge for injection purposes. Eg. Insulin pen. |
5 | SYR | Syringe | A barrel with a plunger. |
4 | APLCTR | Applicator | A device used to apply a liquid or powder to a surface. |
4 | INH | Inhaler | A small device used for inhaling medicine in the form of a vapour or gas in order to ease a respiratory condition such as asthma or to relieve nasal congestion. |
5 | DSKS | Diskus | The device used to inhale the doses of medication contained in the disk form. |
5 | DSKUNH | Diskhaler | The device used to inhale the doses of medication contained in the disk form. |
5 | TRBINH | Turbuhaler | Asthma medication delivery device. |
4 | PMP | Pump | A device that is used to raise, compress, or transfer liquids or gases and is operated by a piston or similar mechanism. |
2 | _SpecimenAdditiveEntity | SpecimenAdditiveEntity | Set of codes related to specimen additives |
3 | ACDA | ACD Solution A | ACD Solution A of trisodium citrate, 22.0g/L; citric acid, 8.0 g/L; and dextrose 24.5 g/L. Used in Blood banking and histocompatibilty testing |
3 | ACDB | ACD Solution B | ACD Solution B of trisodium citrate, 13.2g/L; citric acid, 4.8 g/L; and dextrose 14.7 g/L. Used in Blood banking and histocompatibilty testing. |
3 | ACET | Acetic Acid | 50% V/V acetic acid in water. Used as a urine preservative |
3 | AMIES | Amies transport medium | Sodium Chloride 3.0g, Potassium Chloride 0.2g, Calcium Chloride 0.1g, Magnesium Chloride 0.1g, Monopotassium Phosphate 0.2g, Disodium Phosphate 1.15g, Sodium Thiogly collate 1.0g, Distilled Water 1 liter |
3 | BACTM | Bacterial Transport medium | Any medium used to maintain bacterial viability (e.g. Stuart's, Cary-Blair, Amies) |
3 | BF10 | Buffered 10% formalin | Formaldehyde 4% w/v; methyl alcohol 1% w/v; phosphate buffering salts. Tissue preservative |
3 | BOR | Boric Acid | Powdered boric acid (usually 10 g) added to 24-hour urine collections as a preservative. |
3 | BOUIN | Bouin's solution | Picric acid, saturated aqueous solution (750.0 ml), 37-40% formalin (250.0 ml), glacial acetic acid (50.0 ml). Tissue preservative. |
3 | BSKM | Buffered skim milk | 50% skim milk in 0.01 M phosphate-buffered saline. Maintain virus viability |
3 | C32 | 3.2% Citrate | A 3.2% solution of Sodium Citrate in water. Used as a blood preservative |
3 | C38 | 3.8% Citrate | A 3.8% solution of Sodium Citrate in water. Used as a blood preservative |
3 | CARS | Carson's Modified 10% formalin | A modification of buffered 10% formalin used as a general tissue preservative. |
3 | CARY | Cary Blair Medium | Sodium Thioglycollate 1.5 g, Disodium Hydrogen Phosphate 1.1 g, Sodium Chloride 5.0 g, Calcium Chloride 0.09 g, Agar 5.0 g, per Liter of Water |
3 | CHLTM | Chlamydia transport medium | Any of a number of non-nutritive buffered media used to maintain Chlamydia viability during transportation to the laboratory |
3 | CTAD | CTAD | Buffered tri-sodium citrate solution with theophylline, adenosine and dipyridamole |
3 | EDTK15 | Potassium/K EDTA 15% | Potassium EDTA 15% solution in water |
3 | EDTK75 | Potassium/K EDTA 7.5% | Potassium EDTA 7.5% solution in water |
3 | EDTN | Sodium/Na EDTA | Sodium fluoride and Disodium EDTA |
3 | ENT | Enteric bacteria transport medium | Any of a number of non-nutritive buffered media used to maintain enteric bacterial viability during transportation to the laboratory |
3 | F10 | 10% Formalin | A 10% v/v solution in water of formalin( a 37% solution of formaldehyde and water). Used for tissue preservation. |
3 | FDP | Thrombin NIH; soybean trypsin inhibitor | Thrombin plus soybean trypsin inhibitor. For use in identifying fibrn degredation products. |
3 | FL10 | Sodium Fluoride, 10mg | Sodium fluoride, 10mg added as a urine preservative. |
3 | FL100 | Sodium Fluoride, 100mg | Sodium fluoride, 100mg added as a urine preservative. |
3 | HCL6 | 6N HCL | A solution of HCl containing 6moles of hydrogen ion/L. Used as a Urine Preservative. |
3 | HEPA | Ammonium heparin | Ammonium heparin |
3 | HEPL | Lithium/Li Heparin | Lithium heparin salt |
3 | HEPN | Sodium/Na Heparin | Sodium heparin salt |
3 | HNO3 | Nitric Acid | 6N Nitric acid used to preserve urine for heavy metal analysis. |
3 | JKM | Jones Kendrick Medium | A transport medium formulated to maintain Bordetella pertussis viability. |
3 | KARN | Karnovsky's fixative | 5% Glutaraldehyde, 4% Formaldehyde in 0.08M buffer. Tissue preservation |
3 | KOX | Potassium Oxalate | Potassium oxalate and sodium fluoride in a 1.25:1 ratio |
3 | LIA | Lithium iodoacetate | Iodoacetate lithium salt |
3 | M4 | M4 | Modified Hank's balanced salt solution supplemented with bovine serum albumin, gelatin, sucrose and glutamic acid. It is buffered to pH 7.3+ or - 0.2 with HEPES buffer. Phenol red is used to indicate pH. Vancomycin, Amphotericin B and Colistin are used to |
3 | M4RT | M4-RT | Modified Hank's balanced salt solution supplemented with bovine serum albumin, gelatin, sucrose and glutamic acid. It is buffered to pH 7.3+ or - 0.2 with Hepes buffer. Phenol red is used to indicate pH. Gentamicin and amphotericin B are used to inhibit c |
3 | M5 | M5 | Modified Hank's balanced salt solution supplemented with protein stabilizers, sucrose and glutamic acid. It is buffered to pH 7.3+ or - 0.2 with Hepes buffer. Phenol red is used to indicate pH. Vancomycin, Amphotericin B and Colistin are used to inhibit c |
3 | MICHTM | Michel's transport medium | 1M potassium citrate, pH 7.0 2.5 ml, 0.1M magnesium sulfate 5.0 ml, 0.1M N-ethyl malemide 5.0 ml, dH2O 87.5 ml, ammonium sulfate 55gm. Preserve antigens for Immunofluorescence procedures |
3 | MMDTM | MMD transport medium | A buffered medium with ammonium sulfate added to preserve antigens for Immunofluorescence procedures |
3 | NAF | Sodium Fluoride | Sodium fluoride |
3 | NONE | None | No additive. Specifically identifes the specimen as having no additives. |
3 | PAGE | Page's Saline | 0.12 g NaCl, 0.004 g MgSO, 0.004 g, CaCl, 0.142 g Na2HPO4 and 0.136 g KH2PO4 per liter of distilled water. Maintain Acanthaoemba viability. |
3 | PHENOL | Phenol | Phenol. Urine preservative |
3 | PVA | Polyvinylalcohol | Polyvinyl alcohol |
3 | RLM | Reagan Lowe Medium | A transport medium formulated to maintain Bordetella pertussis viability. |
3 | SILICA | Siliceous earth | Diatomaceous earth. For glucose determination blood samples |
3 | SPS | Sodium polyanethol sulfonate 0.35% in 0.85% sodium chloride | Sodium polyanethol sulfonate in saline. Anticomplementary and antiphagocytic properties. Used in blood culture collection. |
3 | SST | Serum Separator Tube | Polymer separator gel with clot activator |
3 | STUTM | Stuart transport medium | Sodium Glycerophosphate 10.0g, Calcium Chloride 0.1g, Mercaptoacetic Acid 1.0ml, Distilled Water 1 liter |
3 | THROM | Thrombin | Thrombin. Accelerates clotting. |
3 | THYMOL | Thymol | 2-Isopropyl-5-methyl phenol. A preservative for 24 Hr Urine samples |
3 | THYO | Thyoglycolate broth | A nutritive medium with a reducing agent (sodium thioglycolate) which, due to a chemical reaction, removes oxygen from the broth. |
3 | TOLU | Toluene | Also known as Methylbenzene; Toluol; Phenylmethane. A preservative for 24 Hr Urine samples |
3 | URETM | Ureaplasma transport medium | A buffered salt solution with antifungal agents added for the collection and transport of Ureaplasma specimens. |
3 | VIRTM | Viral Transport medium | Sucrose 74.6g, Potassium hydrogenphosphate 0.52g, L-glutamic acid 0.72g, Bovine serum albumin 5.0g, Gentamicin 50mg, Potassium dihydrogenphosphate 1.25g, L-15 medium 9.9L, Water to 10L. Maintain Virus viability. |
3 | WEST | Buffered Citrate | 3.8% Citrate buffered to a pH of 5.5 for Westergren Sedimentation Rate |
2 | BLDPRD | Blood Product | A manufactured product that is produced from the raw blood oi a donor with the intention of using it in a recipient transfusion. |
2 | VCCNE | Vaccine | A Type of medicine that creates an immune protection without the recipient experiencing the disease. |
2 | _DrugEntity | DrugEntity | A substance whose therapeutic effect is produced by chemical action within the body. |
3 | _ClinicalDrug | ClinicalDrug | Any substance or mixture of substances manufactured, sold or represented for use in: (a) the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of a disease, disorder, abnormal physical state, or its symptoms, in human beings or animals; (b) restoring, correcting or modifying organic functions in human beings or animals. |
1 | _NonDrugAgentEntity | NonDrugAgentEntity | Indicates types of allergy and intolerance agents which are non-drugs. (E.g. foods, latex, etc.) |
2 | NDA01 | egg | egg |
2 | NDA02 | fish | fish |
2 | NDA03 | lactose | lactose |
2 | NDA04 | peanut | peanut |
2 | NDA05 | soy | soy |
2 | NDA06 | sulfites | sulfites |
2 | NDA07 | wheat or gluten | wheat or gluten |
2 | NDA08 | isocyanates | isocyanates |
2 | NDA09 | solvents | solvents |
2 | NDA10 | oils | oils |
2 | NDA11 | venoms | venoms |
2 | NDA12 | latex | latex |
2 | NDA13 | shellfish | shellfish |
2 | NDA14 | strawberries | strawberries |
2 | NDA15 | tomatoes | tomatoes |
2 | NDA16 | dust | dust |
2 | NDA17 | dust mites | dust mites |
1 | _OrganizationEntityType | OrganizationEntityType | Further classifies entities of classCode ORG. |
2 | HHOLD | household | The group of persons who occupy a single housing unit. |
2 | NAT | NationEntityType | Codes identifying nation states. Allows for finer grained specification of Entity with classcode <= NAT
Example:ISO3166 country codes. |
2 | RELIG | religious institution | An organization that provides religious rites of worship. |
1 | _PlaceEntityType | PlaceEntityType | Types of places for EntityClass "PLC" |
2 | BED | Bed Location | The location of a bed |
2 | BLDG | Building Location | The location of a building |
2 | FLOOR | Floor Location | The location of a floor of a building |
2 | ROOM | Room Location | The location of a room |
2 | WING | Wing Location | The location of a wing of a building (e.g. East Wing). The same room number for the same floor number can be distinguished by wing number in some situations |
1 | _ResourceGroupEntityType | ResourceGroupEntityType | Codes to characterize a Resource Group using categories that typify its membership and/or function
.
Example: PractitionerGroup |
2 | PRAC | PractitionerGroup | PractitionerGroup |