HL7 FHIR Profile: Occupational Data for Health (ODH), Release 1.0 (Standard for Trial Use)

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LateralityVS

{
  "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
  "id" : "obf-datatype-LateralityVS",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n<p><b>LateralityVS ValueSet</b></p>\n<p>Body side of the body location, if needed to distinguish from a similar location on the other side of the body.\n\nThe laterality element is part of BodyLocation, 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/odh/ValueSet/obf-datatype-LateralityVS",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "LateralityVS",
  "title" : "Laterality VS",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2020-01-04T00:00:00+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International Public Health Work Group",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pher/index.cfm"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "Body side of the body location, if needed to distinguish from a similar location on the other side of the body.\n\nThe laterality element is part of BodyLocation, 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).",
  "compose" : {
    "include" : [
      {
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "concept" : [
          {
            "code" : "51440002",
            "display" : "Right and left"
          },
          {
            "code" : "399488007",
            "display" : "Midline"
          },
          {
            "code" : "85421007",
            "display" : "Structure of right half of body"
          },
          {
            "code" : "31156008",
            "display" : "Structure of left half of body"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}