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| Clinical Decision Support Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Ballot Status: Informative |
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Definition for Code System ObservationStatus
{
"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "observation-status",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2018-08-19T21:48:56.559+10:00"
},
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "cds"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueString" : "Normative"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 5
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-status",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.401"
}],
"version" : "3.5a.0",
"name" : "ObservationStatus",
"title" : "ObservationStatus",
"status" : "draft",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2018-08-19T21:48:56+10:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system" : "email",
"value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}]
}],
"description" : "Codes providing the status of an observation.",
"caseSensitive" : true,
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/observation-status",
"content" : "complete",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "registered",
"display" : "Registered",
"definition" : "The existence of the observation is registered, but there is no result yet available."
},
{
"code" : "preliminary",
"display" : "Preliminary",
"definition" : "This is an initial or interim observation: data may be incomplete or unverified."
},
{
"code" : "final",
"display" : "Final",
"definition" : "The observation is complete and there are no further actions needed. Additional information such \"released\", \"signed\", etc would be represented using [Provenance](provenance.html) which provides not only the act but also the actors and dates and other related data. These act states would be associated with an observation status of `preliminary` until they are all completed and then a status of `final` would be applied."
},
{
"code" : "amended",
"display" : "Amended",
"definition" : "Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified subsequent. This includes updates/new information and corrections.",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "corrected",
"display" : "Corrected",
"definition" : "Subsequent to being Final, the observation has been modified to correct an error in the test result."
}]
},
{
"code" : "cancelled",
"display" : "Cancelled",
"definition" : "The observation is unavailable because the measurement was not started or not completed (also sometimes called \"aborted\")."
},
{
"code" : "entered-in-error",
"display" : "Entered in Error",
"definition" : "The observation has been withdrawn following previous final release. This electronic record should never have existed, though it is possible that real-world decisions were based on it. (If real-world activity has occurred, the status should be \"cancelled\" rather than \"entered-in-error\".)."
},
{
"code" : "unknown",
"display" : "Unknown",
"definition" : "The authoring system does not know which of the status values currently applies for this request. Note: This concept is not to be used for \"other\" - one of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, but the authoring system does not know which."
}]
}
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.