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Example CodeSystem/measure-aggregate-method (XML)

Clinical Quality Information Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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Definition for Code SystemMeasureAggregateMethod

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="measure-aggregate-method"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p> This code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/measure-aggregate-method</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">sum
            <a name="measure-aggregate-method-sum"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Sum</td> 
          <td> The measure score is determined by adding together the observations derived from
             the measure population.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">average
            <a name="measure-aggregate-method-average"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Average</td> 
          <td> The measure score is determined by taking the average of the observations derived
             from the measure population.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">median
            <a name="measure-aggregate-method-median"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Median</td> 
          <td> The measure score is determined by taking the median of the observations derived
             from the measure population.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">minimum
            <a name="measure-aggregate-method-minimum"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Minimum</td> 
          <td> The measure score is determined by taking the minimum of the observations derived
             from the measure population.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">maximum
            <a name="measure-aggregate-method-maximum"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Maximum</td> 
          <td> The measure score is determined by taking the maximum of the observations derived
             from the measure population.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">count
            <a name="measure-aggregate-method-count"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Count</td> 
          <td> The measure score is determined as the number of observations derived from the
             measure population.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="cqi"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/measure-aggregate-method"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2044"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="5.0.0"/> 
  <name value="MeasureAggregateMethod"/> 
  <title value="Measure Aggregate Method"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2019-03-14T23:21:03-06:00"/> 
  <publisher value="Clinical Quality Information WG"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cqi/index.cfm"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Aggregation method for a measure (e.g. sum, average, median, minimum, maximum,
   count)"/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/aggregate-method"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="sum"/> 
    <display value="Sum"/> 
    <definition value="The measure score is determined by adding together the observations derived from
     the measure population."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="average"/> 
    <display value="Average"/> 
    <definition value="The measure score is determined by taking the average of the observations derived
     from the measure population."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="median"/> 
    <display value="Median"/> 
    <definition value="The measure score is determined by taking the median of the observations derived
     from the measure population."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="minimum"/> 
    <display value="Minimum"/> 
    <definition value="The measure score is determined by taking the minimum of the observations derived
     from the measure population."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="maximum"/> 
    <display value="Maximum"/> 
    <definition value="The measure score is determined by taking the maximum of the observations derived
     from the measure population."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="count"/> 
    <display value="Count"/> 
    <definition value="The measure score is determined as the number of observations derived from the
     measure population."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

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