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: Fallback Action Code System - XML Representation

Page standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 1

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="codesystem-fallBackAction"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem codesystem-fallBackAction</b></p><a name="codesystem-fallBackAction"> </a><a name="hccodesystem-fallBackAction"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/codesystem-fallBackAction</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">new<a name="codesystem-fallBackAction-new"> </a></td><td>Draw new specimen</td><td>Draw a new specimen if the suggested specimen cannot be used.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">cancel<a name="codesystem-fallBackAction-cancel"> </a></td><td>Cancel test</td><td>Do not perform the test if the suggested specimen cannot be used (would require communication from the lab when it ended up canceling).</td></tr></table></div>
  </text>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="oo"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="trial-use"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CodeSystem/codesystem-fallBackAction"/>
  <version value="5.3.0-ballot-tc1"/>
  <name value="FallBackAction"/>
  <title value="Fallback Action Code System"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2025-07-25"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Orders and Observations"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/orders"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="Codes describing fallback actions when the preferred specimen cannot be used."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
      <code value="001"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="new"/>
    <display value="Draw new specimen"/>
    <definition
                value="Draw a new specimen if the suggested specimen cannot be used."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="cancel"/>
    <display value="Cancel test"/>
    <definition
                value="Do not perform the test if the suggested specimen cannot be used (would require communication from the lab when it ended up canceling)."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>