HL7.FHIR.US.DAVINCI-PDEX-PLAN-NET\Language Proficiency

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CodeSystem: Language Proficiency

Summary

Defining URL:

http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pdex-plan-net/CodeSystem/LanguageProficiencyCS

Version:

1.0.0

Name:

LanguageProficiencyCS

Title:

Language Proficiency

Status:

Active as of 2020-12-20T06:12:23+00:00

Definition:

Codes for documenting spoken language proficiency based on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale of abilities to communicate in a language.

Publisher:

HL7 Financial Management Working Group

Content:

Complete: All the concepts defined by the code system are included in the code system resource

Source Resource:

XML / JSON / Turtle

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

LanguageProficiencyVS

This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pdex-plan-net/CodeSystem/LanguageProficiencyCS defines the following codes:

Code	Display	Definition
00	No proficiency	Unable to function in the spoken language.
10	Elementary proficiency	Able to satisfy minimum courtesy requirements and maintain very simple face-to-face conversations on familiar topics. A native speaker must often use slowed speech, repetition, paraphrase, or a combination of these to be understood by this individual.
20	Limited working proficiency	Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements.
30	General professional proficiency	Able to speak the language with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations in practical, social and professional topics.
40	Advanced professional proficiency	Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs.
50	Functional native proficiency	Speaking proficiency is functionally equivalent to that of a highly articulate well-educated native speaker and reflects the cultural standards of the country where the language is natively spoken.