Release 5

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Example ValueSet/distance-units (JSON)

Terminology Infrastructure Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Definition for Value SetCommon UCUM Codes for Distance

{
  "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
  "id" : "distance-units",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00",
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"]
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"http://unitsofmeasure.org\"><code>http://unitsofmeasure.org</code></a><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td></tr><tr><td>nm</td><td>nanometers</td></tr><tr><td>um</td><td>micrometers</td></tr><tr><td>mm</td><td>millimeters</td></tr><tr><td>m</td><td>meters</td></tr><tr><td>km</td><td>kilometers</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "fhir"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 5
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62"
  }],
  "version" : "5.0.0",
  "name" : "CommonUCUMCodesForDistance",
  "title" : "Common UCUM Codes for Distance",
  "status" : "draft",
  "experimental" : true,
  "date" : "2023-03-26T15:21:02+11:00",
  "publisher" : "FHIR Project team",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all common UCUM codes used for distance - that it is, all commonly used units which have the same canonical unit as 'm' (meter)",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "001",
      "display" : "World"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved.",
  "compose" : {
    "include" : [{
      "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
      "concept" : [{
        "code" : "nm",
        "display" : "nanometers"
      },
      {
        "code" : "um",
        "display" : "micrometers"
      },
      {
        "code" : "mm",
        "display" : "millimeters"
      },
      {
        "code" : "m",
        "display" : "meters"
      },
      {
        "code" : "km",
        "display" : "kilometers"
      }]
    }]
  }
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.