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Example CodeSystem/evidence-classifier-code (JSON)

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Definition for Code SystemEvidenceClassifier

{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "evidence-classifier-code",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00",
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"]
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p>This code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/evidence-classifier-code</code> 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\">COVID19Specific<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-COVID19Specific\"> </a></td><td>COVID-19 specific article</td><td>About COVID-19.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">COVID19Relevant<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-COVID19Relevant\"> </a></td><td>COVID-19 relevant (but not specific) article</td><td>Not about COVID-19 but relevant to COVID-19 management or understanding.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">COVID19HumanResearch<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-COVID19HumanResearch\"> </a></td><td>COVID-19 human data in population, exposure, or outcome</td><td>contains human COVID-19 disease in the research data as any variable (population, exposure or outcome).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">OriginalResearch<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-OriginalResearch\"> </a></td><td>Article includes original research</td><td>such as randomized trial, observational study.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">ResearchSynthesis<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-ResearchSynthesis\"> </a></td><td>Article includes synthesis of research</td><td>such as systematic review, meta-analysis, rapid review.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">Guideline<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-Guideline\"> </a></td><td>Article includes guideline</td><td>for clinical practice guidelines.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">ResearchProtocol<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-ResearchProtocol\"> </a></td><td>Article provides protocol without results</td><td>for research protocols.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">NotResearchNotGuideline<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-NotResearchNotGuideline\"> </a></td><td>Article is neither research nor guideline</td><td>for things that are not research reports, research protocols or guidelines.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">Treatment<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-Treatment\"> </a></td><td>Article about treatment</td><td>about therapeutic interventions.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">PreventionAndControl<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-PreventionAndControl\"> </a></td><td>Article about prevention and control</td><td>about preventive care and interventions.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">Diagnosis<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-Diagnosis\"> </a></td><td>Article about diagnosis</td><td>about methods to distinguish having or not having a condition.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">PrognosisPrediction<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-PrognosisPrediction\"> </a></td><td>Article about prognosis or prediction</td><td>about predicting risk for something or risk factors for it.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">RatedAsYes<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-RatedAsYes\"> </a></td><td>Rated as yes, affirmative, positive, present, or include</td><td/></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">RatedAsNo<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-RatedAsNo\"> </a></td><td>Rated as no, negative, absent, or exclude</td><td>Rated as no, negative, absent, or exclude.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">NotAssessed<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-NotAssessed\"> </a></td><td>Not rated, not assessed</td><td>Neither rated as yes nor rated as no.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">RatedAsRCT<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-RatedAsRCT\"> </a></td><td>classified as randomized controlled trial</td><td>classified as randomized controlled trial.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">RatedAsControlledTrial<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-RatedAsControlledTrial\"> </a></td><td>classified as nonrandomized controlled trial (experimental)</td><td>classified as nonrandomized controlled trial (experimental).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">RatedAsComparativeCohort<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-RatedAsComparativeCohort\"> </a></td><td>classified as comparative cohort study (observational)</td><td>classified as comparative cohort study (observational).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">RatedAsCaseControl<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-RatedAsCaseControl\"> </a></td><td>classified as case-control study</td><td>classified as case-control study.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">RatedAsUncontrolledSeries<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-RatedAsUncontrolledSeries\"> </a></td><td>classified as uncontrolled cohort (case series)</td><td>classified as uncontrolled cohort (case series).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">RatedAsMixedMethods<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-RatedAsMixedMethods\"> </a></td><td>classified as mixed-methods study</td><td>classified as mixed-methods study.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">RatedAsOther<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-RatedAsOther\"> </a></td><td>classified as other concept (not elsewhere classified)</td><td>classified as other concept (not elsewhere classified).</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">RiskOfBias<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-RiskOfBias\"> </a></td><td>Risk of bias assessment</td><td>Risk of bias assessment.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">NoBlinding<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-NoBlinding\"> </a></td><td>No blinding</td><td>No blinding.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">AllocConcealNotStated<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-AllocConcealNotStated\"> </a></td><td>Allocation concealment not stated</td><td>Allocation concealment not stated.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">EarlyTrialTermination<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-EarlyTrialTermination\"> </a></td><td>Early trial termination</td><td>Early trial termination.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">NoITT<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-NoITT\"> </a></td><td>No intention-to-treat analysis</td><td>No intention-to-treat analysis.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">Preprint<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-Preprint\"> </a></td><td>Preprint (not final publication)</td><td>Results presented in preprint (pre-final publication) form.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">PreliminaryAnalysis<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-PreliminaryAnalysis\"> </a></td><td>Preliminary analysis</td><td>Preliminary analysis.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">BaselineImbalance<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-BaselineImbalance\"> </a></td><td>Baseline imbalances</td><td>Differences between groups at start of trial may confound or bias the findings.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">SubgroupAnalysis<a name=\"evidence-classifier-code-SubgroupAnalysis\"> </a></td><td>Subgroup analysis</td><td>Subgroup analysis.</td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "cds"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 0
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/evidence-classifier-code",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1959"
  }],
  "version" : "5.0.0",
  "name" : "EvidenceClassifier",
  "title" : "Evidence Classifier",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2020-12-28T16:55:11+11:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Commonly used classifiers for evidence sets.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "001",
      "display" : "World"
    }]
  }],
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/evidence-classifier-code",
  "content" : "complete",
  "concept" : [{
    "code" : "COVID19Specific",
    "display" : "COVID-19 specific article",
    "definition" : "About COVID-19."
  },
  {
    "code" : "COVID19Relevant",
    "display" : "COVID-19 relevant (but not specific) article",
    "definition" : "Not about COVID-19 but relevant to COVID-19 management or understanding."
  },
  {
    "code" : "COVID19HumanResearch",
    "display" : "COVID-19 human data in population, exposure, or outcome",
    "definition" : "contains human COVID-19 disease in the research data as any variable (population, exposure or outcome)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "OriginalResearch",
    "display" : "Article includes original research",
    "definition" : "such as randomized trial, observational study."
  },
  {
    "code" : "ResearchSynthesis",
    "display" : "Article includes synthesis of research",
    "definition" : "such as systematic review, meta-analysis, rapid review."
  },
  {
    "code" : "Guideline",
    "display" : "Article includes guideline",
    "definition" : "for clinical practice guidelines."
  },
  {
    "code" : "ResearchProtocol",
    "display" : "Article provides protocol without results",
    "definition" : "for research protocols."
  },
  {
    "code" : "NotResearchNotGuideline",
    "display" : "Article is neither research nor guideline",
    "definition" : "for things that are not research reports, research protocols or guidelines."
  },
  {
    "code" : "Treatment",
    "display" : "Article about treatment",
    "definition" : "about therapeutic interventions."
  },
  {
    "code" : "PreventionAndControl",
    "display" : "Article about prevention and control",
    "definition" : "about preventive care and interventions."
  },
  {
    "code" : "Diagnosis",
    "display" : "Article about diagnosis",
    "definition" : "about methods to distinguish having or not having a condition."
  },
  {
    "code" : "PrognosisPrediction",
    "display" : "Article about prognosis or prediction",
    "definition" : "about predicting risk for something or risk factors for it."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsYes",
    "display" : "Rated as yes, affirmative, positive, present, or include"
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsNo",
    "display" : "Rated as no, negative, absent, or exclude",
    "definition" : "Rated as no, negative, absent, or exclude."
  },
  {
    "code" : "NotAssessed",
    "display" : "Not rated, not assessed",
    "definition" : "Neither rated as yes nor rated as no."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsRCT",
    "display" : "classified as randomized controlled trial",
    "definition" : "classified as randomized controlled trial."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsControlledTrial",
    "display" : "classified as nonrandomized controlled trial (experimental)",
    "definition" : "classified as nonrandomized controlled trial (experimental)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsComparativeCohort",
    "display" : "classified as comparative cohort study (observational)",
    "definition" : "classified as comparative cohort study (observational)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsCaseControl",
    "display" : "classified as case-control study",
    "definition" : "classified as case-control study."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsUncontrolledSeries",
    "display" : "classified as uncontrolled cohort (case series)",
    "definition" : "classified as uncontrolled cohort (case series)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsMixedMethods",
    "display" : "classified as mixed-methods study",
    "definition" : "classified as mixed-methods study."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RatedAsOther",
    "display" : "classified as other concept (not elsewhere classified)",
    "definition" : "classified as other concept (not elsewhere classified)."
  },
  {
    "code" : "RiskOfBias",
    "display" : "Risk of bias assessment",
    "definition" : "Risk of bias assessment."
  },
  {
    "code" : "NoBlinding",
    "display" : "No blinding",
    "definition" : "No blinding."
  },
  {
    "code" : "AllocConcealNotStated",
    "display" : "Allocation concealment not stated",
    "definition" : "Allocation concealment not stated."
  },
  {
    "code" : "EarlyTrialTermination",
    "display" : "Early trial termination",
    "definition" : "Early trial termination."
  },
  {
    "code" : "NoITT",
    "display" : "No intention-to-treat analysis",
    "definition" : "No intention-to-treat analysis."
  },
  {
    "code" : "Preprint",
    "display" : "Preprint (not final publication)",
    "definition" : "Results presented in preprint (pre-final publication) form."
  },
  {
    "code" : "PreliminaryAnalysis",
    "display" : "Preliminary analysis",
    "definition" : "Preliminary analysis."
  },
  {
    "code" : "BaselineImbalance",
    "display" : "Baseline imbalances",
    "definition" : "Differences between groups at start of trial may confound or bias the findings."
  },
  {
    "code" : "SubgroupAnalysis",
    "display" : "Subgroup analysis",
    "definition" : "Subgroup analysis."
  }]
}

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.