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Definition for Code SystemLocationType
{ "resourceType" : "CodeSystem", "id" : "location-physical-type", "meta" : { "lastUpdated" : "2022-05-28T12:47:40.239+10:00", "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"] }, "text" : { "status" : "generated", "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>" }, "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg", "valueCode" : "pa" }], "url" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type", "identifier" : [{ "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986", "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1108" }], "version" : "4.3.0", "name" : "LocationType", "status" : "draft", "experimental" : false, "description" : "This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location.", "caseSensitive" : true, "content" : "complete", "concept" : [{ "code" : "si", "display" : "Site", "definition" : "A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus." }, { "code" : "bu", "display" : "Building", "definition" : "Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space." }, { "code" : "wi", "display" : "Wing", "definition" : "A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors." }, { "code" : "wa", "display" : "Ward", "definition" : "A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location." }, { "code" : "lvl", "display" : "Level", "definition" : "A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure." }, { "code" : "co", "display" : "Corridor", "definition" : "Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms." }, { "code" : "ro", "display" : "Room", "definition" : "A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these." }, { "code" : "bd", "display" : "Bed", "definition" : "A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy." }, { "code" : "ve", "display" : "Vehicle", "definition" : "A means of transportation." }, { "code" : "ho", "display" : "House", "definition" : "A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside." }, { "code" : "ca", "display" : "Cabinet", "definition" : "A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items." }, { "code" : "rd", "display" : "Road", "definition" : "A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name." }, { "code" : "area", "display" : "Area", "definition" : "A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode" }, { "code" : "jdn", "display" : "Jurisdiction", "definition" : "A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health), Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundary" }] }
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.