FHIR Release 3 (STU)

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Codesystem-observation-status.json

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/ABallot Status: Informative

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Definition for Code System ObservationStatus

{
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "id": "observation-status",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00"
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status",
      "valueString": "Informative"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger": 5
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode": "cds"
    }
  ],
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-status",
  "identifier": {
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.388"
  },
  "version": "3.0.2",
  "name": "ObservationStatus",
  "status": "draft",
  "experimental": false,
  "date": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00",
  "publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        },
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "Codes providing the status of an observation.",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-status",
  "content": "complete",
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "registered",
      "display": "Registered",
      "definition": "The existence of the observation is registered, but there is no result yet available."
    },
    {
      "code": "preliminary",
      "display": "Preliminary",
      "definition": "This is an initial or interim observation: data may be incomplete or unverified."
    },
    {
      "code": "final",
      "display": "Final",
      "definition": "The observation is complete."
    },
    {
      "code": "amended",
      "display": "Amended",
      "definition": "Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified subsequent.  This includes updates/new information and corrections.",
      "concept": [
        {
          "code": "corrected",
          "display": "Corrected",
          "definition": "Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to correct an error in the test result."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "cancelled",
      "display": "Cancelled",
      "definition": "The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed (also sometimes called \"aborted\")."
    },
    {
      "code": "entered-in-error",
      "display": "Entered in Error",
      "definition": "The observation has been withdrawn following previous final release.  This electronic record should never have existed, though it is possible that real-world decisions were based on it. (If real-world activity has occurred, the status should be \"cancelled\" rather than \"entered-in-error\".)"
    },
    {
      "code": "unknown",
      "display": "Unknown",
      "definition": "The authoring system does not know which of the status values currently applies for this request. Note: This concept is not to be used for \"other\" - one of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, but the authoring system does not know which."
    }
  ]
}

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