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"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pdex-plan-net/CodeSystem/LanguageProficiencyCS 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\">00<a name=\"LanguageProficiencyCS-00\"> </a></td><td>No proficiency</td><td>Unable to function in the spoken language.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">10<a name=\"LanguageProficiencyCS-10\"> </a></td><td>Elementary proficiency</td><td>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.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">20<a name=\"LanguageProficiencyCS-20\"> </a></td><td>Limited working proficiency</td><td>Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">30<a name=\"LanguageProficiencyCS-30\"> </a></td><td>General professional proficiency</td><td>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.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">40<a name=\"LanguageProficiencyCS-40\"> </a></td><td>Advanced professional proficiency</td><td>Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">50<a name=\"LanguageProficiencyCS-50\"> </a></td><td>Functional native proficiency</td><td>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.</td></tr></table></div>"
},
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pdex-plan-net/CodeSystem/LanguageProficiencyCS",
"version" : "1.0.0",
"name" : "LanguageProficiencyCS",
"title" : "Language Proficiency",
"status" : "active",
"date" : "2020-12-20T06:12:23+00:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 Financial Management Working Group",
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"name" : "HL7 Financial Management Working Group",
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"value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fm/index.cfm"
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"value" : "fm@lists.HL7.org"
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]
}
],
"description" : "Codes for documenting spoken language proficiency based on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale of abilities to communicate in a language.",
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"coding" : [
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"system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
"code" : "US"
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}
],
"content" : "complete",
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"concept" : [
{
"code" : "00",
"display" : "No proficiency",
"definition" : "Unable to function in the spoken language."
},
{
"code" : "10",
"display" : "Elementary proficiency",
"definition" : "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."
},
{
"code" : "20",
"display" : "Limited working proficiency",
"definition" : "Able to satisfy routine social demands and limited work requirements."
},
{
"code" : "30",
"display" : "General professional proficiency",
"definition" : "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."
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{
"code" : "40",
"display" : "Advanced professional proficiency",
"definition" : "Able to use the language fluently and accurately on all levels normally pertinent to professional needs."
},
{
"code" : "50",
"display" : "Functional native proficiency",
"definition" : "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."
}
]
}