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Codesystem-concept-subsumption-outcome.xml

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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Definition for Code System ConceptSubsumptionOutcome

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="concept-subsumption-outcome"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-11-01T09:29:23.356+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> ConceptSubsumptionOutcome</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> The subsumption relationship between code/Coding &quot;A&quot; and code/Coding &quot;B&quot;.
           There are 4 possible codes to be returned: equivalent, subsumes, subsumed-by, and not-subsumed.
           If the server is unable to determine the relationship between the codes/Codings, then
           it returns an error (i.e. an OperationOutcome).</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-subsumption-outcome 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">equivalent
            <a name="concept-subsumption-outcome-equivalent"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Equivalent</td> 
          <td> The two concepts are equivalent (have the same properties).</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">subsumes
            <a name="concept-subsumption-outcome-subsumes"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Subsumes</td> 
          <td> Coding/code &quot;A&quot; subsumes Coding/code &quot;B&quot; (e.g. B has all the properties
             A has, and some of it's own).</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">subsumed-by
            <a name="concept-subsumption-outcome-subsumed-by"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Subsumed-By</td> 
          <td> Coding/code &quot;A&quot; is subsumed by Coding/code &quot;B&quot; (e.g. A has all the
             properties B has, and some of it's own).</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">not-subsumed
            <a name="concept-subsumption-outcome-not-subsumed"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Not-Subsumed</td> 
          <td> Coding/code &quot;A&quot; and Coding/code &quot;B&quot; are disjoint (e.g. each has propeties
             that the other doesn't have).</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-subsumption-outcome"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1239"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.0.1"/> 
  <name value="ConceptSubsumptionOutcome"/> 
  <title value="ConceptSubsumptionOutcome"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="The subsumption relationship between code/Coding &quot;A&quot; and code/Coding &quot;B&quot;.
   There are 4 possible codes to be returned: equivalent, subsumes, subsumed-by, and not-subsumed.
   If the server is unable to determine the relationship between the codes/Codings, then
   it returns an error (i.e. an OperationOutcome)."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/concept-subsumption-outcome"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="equivalent"/> 
    <display value="Equivalent"/> 
    <definition value="The two concepts are equivalent (have the same properties)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="subsumes"/> 
    <display value="Subsumes"/> 
    <definition value="Coding/code &quot;A&quot; subsumes Coding/code &quot;B&quot; (e.g. B has all the properties
     A has, and some of it's own)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="subsumed-by"/> 
    <display value="Subsumed-By"/> 
    <definition value="Coding/code &quot;A&quot; is subsumed by Coding/code &quot;B&quot; (e.g. A has all the
     properties B has, and some of it's own)."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="not-subsumed"/> 
    <display value="Not-Subsumed"/> 
    <definition value="Coding/code &quot;A&quot; and Coding/code &quot;B&quot; are disjoint (e.g. each has propeties
     that the other doesn't have)."/> 
  </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.