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Codesystem-encounter-status.json

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/ABallot Status: Informative

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Definition for Code System EncounterStatus

{
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "id": "encounter-status",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2017-12-20T15:52:34.818+11:00"
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode": "pa"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status",
      "valueString": "Trial Use"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger": 2
    }
  ],
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-status",
  "identifier": {
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.247"
  },
  "version": "3.2.0",
  "name": "EncounterStatus",
  "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": "Current state of the encounter",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-status",
  "content": "complete",
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "planned",
      "display": "Planned",
      "definition": "The Encounter has not yet started."
    },
    {
      "code": "arrived",
      "display": "Arrived",
      "definition": "The Patient is present for the encounter, however is not currently meeting with a practitioner."
    },
    {
      "code": "triaged",
      "display": "Triaged",
      "definition": "The patient has been assessed for the priority of their treatment based on the severity of their condition."
    },
    {
      "code": "in-progress",
      "display": "In Progress",
      "definition": "The Encounter has begun and the patient is present / the practitioner and the patient are meeting."
    },
    {
      "code": "onleave",
      "display": "On Leave",
      "definition": "The Encounter has begun, but the patient is temporarily on leave."
    },
    {
      "code": "finished",
      "display": "Finished",
      "definition": "The Encounter has ended."
    },
    {
      "code": "cancelled",
      "display": "Cancelled",
      "definition": "The Encounter has ended before it has begun."
    },
    {
      "code": "entered-in-error",
      "display": "Entered in Error",
      "definition": "This instance should not have been part of this patient's medical record."
    },
    {
      "code": "unknown",
      "display": "Unknown",
      "definition": "The encounter status is unknown. Note that \"unknown\" is a value of last resort and every attempt should be made to provide a meaningful value other than \"unknown\"."
    }
  ]
}

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.