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Codesystem-example.xml

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Simple Code System (id = "example")

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="example"/> 
  <meta> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p> CodeSystem &quot;ACME Codes for Cholesterol&quot;: This is an example code system that
         includes 
        all the codes for serum cholesterol defined by ACME inc.</p> 
      <p> Developed by: FHIR project team (example)</p> 
      <p> Published for testing on 28-Jan 2016</p> 
      <p> This code system defines all the ACME codes for serum cholesterol:</p> 
      <table class="grid">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> chol-mmol</td> 
          <td> SChol (mmol/L)</td> 
          <td> Serum Cholesterol, in mmol/L</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> chol-mass</td> 
          <td> SChol (mg/L)</td> 
          <td> Serum Cholesterol, in mg/L</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> chol</td> 
          <td> SChol</td> 
          <td> Serum Cholesterol</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  
<!--     
    for this example, we use a real URI, since this example does have a canonical address
    at which it's posted. Alternatively, We could have used an OID, or a UUID 

    note that since we give a literal URL here, there's an expectation 
      that accessing that URL will give some form of representation of 
      the full code system, or a pointer about how to get more information. 
  
      This is not an absolute requirement, but it may be enforced by some 
      servers - for instance, the HL7 valueset registry will.     -->
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example"/> 
<!--     an imaginary identifier. This is a non FHIR identifier - might be used in a 
    v2 context (though you always need to translate namespaces for v2)     -->
  <identifier> 
    <system value="http://acme.com/identifiers/codesystems"/> 
    <value value="internal-cholesterol-inl"/> 
  </identifier> 
<!--     for version, we are going to simply use the day of publication. This is also 
    arbitrary - whatever is here is what people use to refer to the version. 
    Could also be a UUID too. Note that you should change the identify of the code 
    system, not the version, if existing codes are redefined (e.g. don't do that!)    -->
  <version value="20160128"/> 

  <name value="ACME Codes for Cholesterol in Serum/Plasma"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="true"/> 
  <date value="2016-01-28"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International"/> 
  <contact> 
    <name value="FHIR project team"/> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="This is an example code system that includes all the ACME codes for serum/plasma cholesterol
   from v2.36."/> 
  
  <!--     it's often unstated - are codes case sensitive or not. And 
       it can be the cause of operational or clinical safety problems. 
       So FHIR requires that it always be specified.     -->
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <!--     
      ACME's defined definitions. Note that these are not 
      *good* definitions - but they are very commonly the kind 
      of definitions that are encountered in production
        -->
  <concept> 
    <code value="chol-mmol"/> 
    <display value="SChol (mmol/L)"/> 
    <definition value="Serum Cholesterol, in mmol/L"/> 
    <designation> 
      <use> 
        <system value="http://acme.com/config/fhir/codesystems/internal"/> 
        <code value="internal-label"/> 
      </use> 
      <value value="From ACME POC Testing"/> 
    </designation> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="chol-mass"/> 
    <display value="SChol (mg/L)"/> 
    <definition value="Serum Cholesterol, in mg/L"/> 
    <designation> 
      <use> 
        <system value="http://acme.com/config/fhir/codesystems/internal"/> 
        <code value="internal-label"/> 
      </use> 
      <value value="From Paragon Labs"/> 
    </designation> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="chol"/> 
    <display value="SChol"/> 
    <definition value="Serum Cholesterol"/> 
    <designation> 
      <use> 
        <system value="http://acme.com/config/fhir/codesystems/internal"/> 
        <code value="internal-label"/> 
      </use> 
      <value value="Obdurate Labs uses this with both kinds of units..."/> 
    </designation> 
  </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.