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Codesystem-match-grade.xml

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Definition for Code System MatchGrade

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="match-grade"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-11-01T09:29:23.356+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> MatchGrade</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> A Master Patient Index (MPI) assessment of whether a candidate patient record is a match
           or not.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/match-grade defines the following
         codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">certain
            <a name="match-grade-certain"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Certain Match</td> 
          <td> This record meets the matching criteria to be automatically considered as a full match.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">probable
            <a name="match-grade-probable"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Probable Match</td> 
          <td> This record is a close match, but not a certain match. Additional review (e.g. by a human)
             may be required before using this as a match.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">possible
            <a name="match-grade-possible"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Possible Match</td> 
          <td> This record may be a matching one. Additional review (e.g. by a human) SHOULD be performed
             before using this as a match.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">certainly-not
            <a name="match-grade-certainly-not"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Certainly Not a Match</td> 
          <td> This record is known not to be a match. Note that usually non-matching records are not
             returned, but in some cases records previously or likely considered as a match may specifically
             be negated by the matching engine.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/match-grade"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1289"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.0.1"/> 
  <name value="MatchGrade"/> 
  <title value="MatchGrade"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="A Master Patient Index (MPI) assessment of whether a candidate patient record is a match
   or not."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/match-grade"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="certain"/> 
    <display value="Certain Match"/> 
    <definition value="This record meets the matching criteria to be automatically considered as a full match."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="probable"/> 
    <display value="Probable Match"/> 
    <definition value="This record is a close match, but not a certain match. Additional review (e.g. by a human)
     may be required before using this as a match."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="possible"/> 
    <display value="Possible Match"/> 
    <definition value="This record may be a matching one. Additional review (e.g. by a human) SHOULD be performed
     before using this as a match."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="certainly-not"/> 
    <display value="Certainly Not a Match"/> 
    <definition value="This record is known not to be a match. Note that usually non-matching records are not
     returned, but in some cases records previously or likely considered as a match may specifically
     be negated by the matching engine."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

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.