FHIR Cross-Version Extensions package for FHIR R4 from FHIR R5
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FHIR Cross-Version Extensions package for FHIR R4 from FHIR R5 - Version 0.0.1-snapshot-2. See the Directory of published versions

CodeSystem: Evidence Certainty Rating

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/certainty-rating Version: 5.0.0
Standards status: Informative Maturity Level: 1 Responsible: Clinical Decision Support Computable Name: EvidenceCertaintyRating

The assessment of quality, confidence, or certainty.

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://hl7.org/fhir/certainty-rating defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
high High quality High quality evidence.
moderate Moderate quality Moderate quality evidence.
low Low quality Low quality evidence.
very-low Very low quality Very low quality evidence.
no-concern no serious concern no serious concern.
serious-concern serious concern serious concern.
very-serious-concern very serious concern very serious concern.
extremely-serious-concern extremely serious concern extremely serious concern.
present present possible reason for increasing quality rating was checked and found to be present.
absent absent possible reason for increasing quality rating was checked and found to be absent.
no-change no change to rating no change to quality rating.
downcode1 reduce rating: -1 reduce quality rating by 1.
downcode2 reduce rating: -2 reduce quality rating by 2.
downcode3 reduce rating: -3 reduce quality rating by 3.
upcode1 increase rating: +1 increase quality rating by 1.
upcode2 increase rating: +2 increase quality rating by 2.