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Codesystem-location-physical-type.xml

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/ABallot Status: Informative

Raw XML (canonical form)

Definition for Code System LocationType

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="location-physical-type"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> LocationType</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical
           form of the Location.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/location-physical-type defines the following codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> si
            <a name="location-physical-type-si"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Site</td> 
          <td> A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> bu
            <a name="location-physical-type-bu"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Building</td> 
          <td> Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It may not have
             walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> wi
            <a name="location-physical-type-wi"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Wing</td> 
          <td> A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> wa
            <a name="location-physical-type-wa"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Ward</td> 
          <td> A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> lvl
            <a name="location-physical-type-lvl"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Level</td> 
          <td> A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> co
            <a name="location-physical-type-co"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Corridor</td> 
          <td> Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> ro
            <a name="location-physical-type-ro"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Room</td> 
          <td> A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require
             these.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> bd
            <a name="location-physical-type-bd"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Bed</td> 
          <td> 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.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> ve
            <a name="location-physical-type-ve"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Vehicle</td> 
          <td> A means of transportation.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> ho
            <a name="location-physical-type-ho"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> House</td> 
          <td> A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may
             reside.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> ca
            <a name="location-physical-type-ca"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Cabinet</td> 
          <td> A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> rd
            <a name="location-physical-type-rd"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Road</td> 
          <td> A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> area
            <a name="location-physical-type-area"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Area</td> 
          <td> A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> jdn
            <a name="location-physical-type-jdn"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Jurisdiction</td> 
          <td> 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 boundry</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status">
    <valueString value="Informative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/location-physical-type"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.320"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="3.0.2"/> 
  <name value="LocationType"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="true"/> 
  <publisher value="FHIR Project team"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical
   form of the Location."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/location-physical-type"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="si"/> 
    <display value="Site"/> 
    <definition value="A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="bu"/> 
    <display value="Building"/> 
    <definition value="Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It may not have
     walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="wi"/> 
    <display value="Wing"/> 
    <definition value="A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="wa"/> 
    <display value="Ward"/> 
    <definition value="A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="lvl"/> 
    <display value="Level"/> 
    <definition value="A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="co"/> 
    <display value="Corridor"/> 
    <definition value="Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="ro"/> 
    <display value="Room"/> 
    <definition value="A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require
     these."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="bd"/> 
    <display value="Bed"/> 
    <definition value="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."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="ve"/> 
    <display value="Vehicle"/> 
    <definition value="A means of transportation."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="ho"/> 
    <display value="House"/> 
    <definition value="A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may
     reside."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="ca"/> 
    <display value="Cabinet"/> 
    <definition value="A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="rd"/> 
    <display value="Road"/> 
    <definition value="A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="area"/> 
    <display value="Area"/> 
    <definition value="A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="jdn"/> 
    <display value="Jurisdiction"/> 
    <definition value="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 boundry"/> 
  </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.