Statement about the degree of clinical certainty that a specific substance was the cause of the manifestation in a reaction event.
This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:
This CodeSystem is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)
This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/reaction-event-certainty defines the following codes:
Code
Display
Definition
unlikely
Unlikely
There is a low level of clinical certainty that the reaction was caused by the identified substance.
likely
Likely
There is a high level of clinical certainty that the reaction was caused by the identified substance.
confirmed
Confirmed
There is a very high level of clinical certainty that the reaction was due to the identified substance, which may include clinical evidence by testing or rechallenge.
unknown
Unknown
The clinical certainty that the reaction was caused by the identified substance is unknown. It is an explicit assertion that certainty is not known.