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BodyLocationVS

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  "id" : "obf-datatype-BodyLocationVS",
  "text" : {
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    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n<p><b>BodyLocationVS ValueSet</b></p>\n<p>Codes that describe normal and pathologic anatomic systems, regions, cavities, and spaces. The code set includes codes from the SNOMED CT hierarchy descending from 123037004 'Body Structure'.\n\nBody location is a flexible structure that allows the location to be determined by a single code, or a code plus laterality and/or orientation. The body location can also be specified in relation to one or more body landmarks. SNOMED CT is used in all cases.\n\n* Code only: The code should include (precoordinate) laterality and/orientation to the degree necessary to completely specify the body location.\n* Code plus laterality and/or orientation: The basic code augmented by codes specifying the body side and/or anatomical orientation.\n* Relation to landmark: The location relative to a landmark is specified by:\n1. Establishing the location and type of landmark using a body site code and optional laterality/orientation, and\n2. Specifying the direction and distance from the landmark to the body location.\n\nNote that BodyLocation is a data type (a reusable structure), not a stand-alone entity. The concept is similar to how a postal address can apply to a person, location, or organization. This contrasts with FHIR's stand-alone BodySite (aka BodyStructure in r4) which 'is not ... intended for describing the type of anatomical location but rather a specific body site on a specific patient' (FHIR 3.5).</p>\n</div>"
  },
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/mcode/ValueSet/obf-datatype-BodyLocationVS",
  "version" : "0.9.1",
  "name" : "BodyLocationVS",
  "title" : "BodyLocationVS",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2019-08-01T00:00:00-04:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International Clinical Interoperability Council",
  "contact" : [
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      "telecom" : [
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          "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cic"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "Codes that describe normal and pathologic anatomic systems, regions, cavities, and spaces. The code set includes codes from the SNOMED CT hierarchy descending from 123037004 'Body Structure'.\n\nBody location is a flexible structure that allows the location to be determined by a single code, or a code plus laterality and/or orientation. The body location can also be specified in relation to one or more body landmarks. SNOMED CT is used in all cases.\n\n* Code only: The code should include (precoordinate) laterality and/orientation to the degree necessary to completely specify the body location.\n* Code plus laterality and/or orientation: The basic code augmented by codes specifying the body side and/or anatomical orientation.\n* Relation to landmark: The location relative to a landmark is specified by:\n1. Establishing the location and type of landmark using a body site code and optional laterality/orientation, and\n2. Specifying the direction and distance from the landmark to the body location.\n\nNote that BodyLocation is a data type (a reusable structure), not a stand-alone entity. The concept is similar to how a postal address can apply to a person, location, or organization. This contrasts with FHIR's stand-alone BodySite (aka BodyStructure in r4) which 'is not ... intended for describing the type of anatomical location but rather a specific body site on a specific patient' (FHIR 3.5).",
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        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
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            "value" : "123037004"
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    ]
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