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Codesystem-codesystem-altcode-kind.json

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Definition for Code System AlternativeCodeKind

{
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "id": "codesystem-altcode-kind",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2017-12-20T15:52:34.818+11:00"
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/codesystem-altcode-kind",
  "identifier": {
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.953"
  },
  "version": "3.2.0",
  "name": "AlternativeCodeKind",
  "status": "draft",
  "experimental": false,
  "date": "2017-12-20T15:52:34+11:00",
  "publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        },
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "Indicates the type of use for which the code is defined",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/codesystem-altcode-kind",
  "content": "complete",
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "alternate",
      "display": "Alternate Code",
      "definition": "The code is an alternative code that can be used in in any of the circumstances that the primary code can be used"
    },
    {
      "code": "deprecated",
      "display": "Deprecated",
      "definition": "The code should no longer be used, but was used in the past"
    },
    {
      "code": "case-insensitive",
      "display": "Case Insensitive",
      "definition": "The code is an alternative to be used when a case insensitive code is required (when the primary codes are case sensitive)"
    },
    {
      "code": "case-sensitive",
      "display": "Case Sensitive",
      "definition": "The code is an alternative to be used when a case sensitive code is required (when the primary codes are case insensitive)"
    },
    {
      "code": "expression",
      "display": "Expression",
      "definition": "The code is an alternative for the primary code that is built using the expression grammar defined by the code system"
    }
  ]
}

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.