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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="location-physical-type"/>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type 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">si
<a name="location-physical-type-si"> </a>
</td>
<td>Site</td>
<td>A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">bu
<a name="location-physical-type-bu"> </a>
</td>
<td>Building</td>
<td>Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">wi
<a name="location-physical-type-wi"> </a>
</td>
<td>Wing</td>
<td>A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">wa
<a name="location-physical-type-wa"> </a>
</td>
<td>Ward</td>
<td>A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">lvl
<a name="location-physical-type-lvl"> </a>
</td>
<td>Level</td>
<td>A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">co
<a name="location-physical-type-co"> </a>
</td>
<td>Corridor</td>
<td>Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">ro
<a name="location-physical-type-ro"> </a>
</td>
<td>Room</td>
<td>A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">bd
<a name="location-physical-type-bd"> </a>
</td>
<td>Bed</td>
<td>A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">ve
<a name="location-physical-type-ve"> </a>
</td>
<td>Vehicle</td>
<td>A means of transportation.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">ho
<a name="location-physical-type-ho"> </a>
</td>
<td>House</td>
<td>A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">ca
<a name="location-physical-type-ca"> </a>
</td>
<td>Cabinet</td>
<td>A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">rd
<a name="location-physical-type-rd"> </a>
</td>
<td>Road</td>
<td>A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">area
<a name="location-physical-type-area"> </a>
</td>
<td>Area</td>
<td>A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">jdn
<a name="location-physical-type-jdn"> </a>
</td>
<td>Jurisdiction</td>
<td>A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health), Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundary</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</text>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/package-source">
<extension url="packageId">
<valueId value="hl7.fhir.uv.xver-r4b.r4"/>
</extension>
<extension url="version">
<valueString value="0.0.1-snapshot-2"/>
</extension>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
<valueCode value="pa"/>
</extension>
<url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type"/>
<version value="4.3.0"/>
<name value="LocationType"/>
<status value="draft"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2025-09-13T16:38:45-04:00"/>
<publisher value="Patient Administration"/>
<contact>
<name value="Patient Administration"/>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/pafm"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description
value="This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the physical form of the Location."/>
<jurisdiction>
<coding>
<system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
<code value="001"/>
<display value="World"/>
</coding>
</jurisdiction>
<caseSensitive value="true"/>
<content value="complete"/>
<concept>
<code value="si"/>
<display value="Site"/>
<definition
value="A collection of buildings or other locations such as a site or a campus."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="bu"/>
<display value="Building"/>
<definition
value="Any Building or structure. This may contain rooms, corridors, wings, etc. It might not have walls, or a roof, but is considered a defined/allocated space."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="wi"/>
<display value="Wing"/>
<definition
value="A Wing within a Building, this often contains levels, rooms and corridors."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="wa"/>
<display value="Ward"/>
<definition
value="A Ward is a section of a medical facility that may contain rooms and other types of location."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="lvl"/>
<display value="Level"/>
<definition value="A Level in a multi-level Building/Structure."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="co"/>
<display value="Corridor"/>
<definition
value="Any corridor within a Building, that may connect rooms."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="ro"/>
<display value="Room"/>
<definition
value="A space that is allocated as a room, it may have walls/roof etc., but does not require these."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="bd"/>
<display value="Bed"/>
<definition
value="A space that is allocated for sleeping/laying on. This is not the physical bed/trolley that may be moved about, but the space it may occupy."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="ve"/>
<display value="Vehicle"/>
<definition value="A means of transportation."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="ho"/>
<display value="House"/>
<definition
value="A residential dwelling. Usually used to reference a location that a person/patient may reside."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="ca"/>
<display value="Cabinet"/>
<definition
value="A container that can store goods, equipment, medications or other items."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="rd"/>
<display value="Road"/>
<definition
value="A defined path to travel between 2 points that has a known name."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="area"/>
<display value="Area"/>
<definition
value="A defined physical boundary of something, such as a flood risk zone, region, postcode"/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="jdn"/>
<display value="Jurisdiction"/>
<definition
value="A wide scope that covers a conceptual domain, such as a Nation (Country wide community or Federal Government - e.g. Ministry of Health), Province or State (community or Government), Business (throughout the enterprise), Nation with a business scope of an agency (e.g. CDC, FDA etc.) or a Business segment (UK Pharmacy), not just an physical boundary"/>
</concept>
</CodeSystem>