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Definition for Value SetPerformer Function Codes

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<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="performer-function"/> 
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    <lastUpdated value="2023-03-26T15:21:02.749+11:00"/> 
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  <text> 
    <status value="extensions"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <ul> 
        <li> Include these codes as defined in 
          <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html">
            <code> http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType</code> 
          </a> 
          <table class="none">
            <tr> 
              <td style="white-space:nowrap">
                <b> Code</b> 
              </td> 
              <td> 
                <b> Display</b> 
              </td> 
              <td> 
                <b> Definition</b> 
              </td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-TR
                ANS">TRANS</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Transcriber</td> 
              <td> An entity entering the data into the originating system. The data entry entity
                 is collected optionally for internal quality control purposes. This includes the
                 transcriptionist for dictated text transcribed into electronic form.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-PA
                RT">PART</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> Participation</td> 
              <td> Indicates that the target of the participation is involved in some manner in the
                 act, but does not qualify how.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-AT
                ND">ATND</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> attender</td> 
              <td> The practitioner that has responsibility for overseeing a patient's care during
                 a patient encounter.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-CO
                N">CON</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> consultant</td> 
              <td> An advisor participating in the service by performing evaluations and making recommendations.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-AU
                T">AUT</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> author (originator)</td> 
              <td> **Definition:** A party that originates the Act and therefore has responsibility
                 for the information given in the Act and ownership of this Act.
                <br/>  
                <br/>  **Example:** the report writer, the person writing the act definition, the guideline
                 author, the placer of an order, the EKG cart (device) creating a report etc. Every
                 Act should have an author. Authorship is regardless of mood always actual authorship.
                <br/>  
                <br/>  Examples of such policies might include:
                <br/>  
                <br/>   *  The author and anyone they explicitly delegate may update the report;
                <br/>   *  All administrators within the same clinic may cancel and reschedule appointments
                 created by other administrators within that clinic;
                <br/>  
                <br/>  A party that is neither an author nor a party who is extended authorship maintenance
                 rights by policy, may only amend, reverse, override, replace, or follow up in other
                 ways on this Act, whereby the Act remains intact and is linked to another Act authored
                 by that other party.
              </td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-IN
                F">INF</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> informant</td> 
              <td> A source of reported information (e.g., a next of kin who answers questions about
                 the patient's history). For history questions, the patient is logically an informant,
                 yet the informant of history questions is implicitly the subject.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-EN
                T">ENT</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> data entry person</td> 
              <td> A person entering the data into the originating system. The data entry person is
                 collected optionally for internal quality control purposes. This includes the transcriptionis
                t for dictated text.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-WI
                T">WIT</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> witness</td> 
              <td> Only with service events. A person witnessing the action happening without doing
                 anything. A witness is not necessarily aware, much less approves of anything stated
                 in the service event. Example for a witness is students watching an operation or
                 an advanced directive witness.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-PP
                RF">PPRF</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> primary performer</td> 
              <td> The principal or primary performer of the act.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-SP
                RF">SPRF</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> secondary performer</td> 
              <td> A person assisting in an act through his substantial presence and involvement This
                 includes: assistants, technicians, associates, or whatever the job titles may be.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-RE
                SP">RESP</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> responsible party</td> 
              <td> The person or organization that has primary responsibility for the act. The responsible
                 party is not necessarily present in an action, but is accountable for the action
                 through the power to delegate, and the duty to review actions with the performing
                 actor after the fact. This responsibility may be ethical, legal, contractual, fiscal,
                 or fiduciary in nature.
                <br/>  
                <br/>  *Example:* A person who is the head of a biochemical laboratory; a sponsor for
                 a policy or government program.
              </td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-VR
                F">VRF</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> verifier</td> 
              <td> A person who verifies the correctness and appropriateness of the service (plan,
                 order, event, etc.) and hence takes on accountability.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-AU
                THEN">AUTHEN</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> authenticator</td> 
              <td> A verifier who attests to the accuracy of an act, but who does not have privileges
                 to legally authenticate the act. An example would be a resident physician who sees
                 a patient and dictates a note, then later signs it. Their signature constitutes
                 an authentication.</td> 
            </tr> 
            <tr> 
              <td> 
                <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/5.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ParticipationType.html#v3-ParticipationType-LA">LA</a> 
              </td> 
              <td> legal authenticator</td> 
              <td> A verifier who legally authenticates the accuracy of an act. An example would be
                 a staff physician who sees a patient and dictates a note, then later signs it.
                 Their signature constitutes a legal authentication.</td> 
            </tr> 
          </table> 
        </li> 
      </ul> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
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    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/performer-function"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.3012"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="5.0.0"/> 
  <name value="PerformerFunctionCodes"/> 
  <title value="Performer Function Codes"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2023-03-26T15:21:02+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International - Orders and Observations WG"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/orders/index.cfm"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="The types of involvement of the performer in the Event."/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <compose> 
    <include> 
      <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ParticipationType"/> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="TRANS"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="PART"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="ATND"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="CON"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="AUT"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="INF"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="ENT"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="WIT"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="PPRF"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="SPRF"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="RESP"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="VRF"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="AUTHEN"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="LA"/> 
      </concept> 
    </include> 
  </compose> 
</ValueSet> 

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.