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Patient Administration Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Draft | Use Context: Not Intended for Production use |
This is a code system defined by the FHIR project.
Summary
Defining URL: | http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-type |
Name: | EncounterType |
Definition: | This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the type of encounter: a specific code indicating type of service provided. |
Committee: | Patient Administration Work Group |
OID: | 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.249 (for OID based terminology systems) |
Source Resource | XML / JSON |
This Code system is used in the following value sets:
This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the type of encounter: a specific code indicating type of service provided.
This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-type defines the following codes:
Code | Display | Definition |
ADMS | Annual diabetes mellitus screening | |
BD/BM-clin | Bone drilling/bone marrow punction in clinic | |
CCS60 | Infant colon screening - 60 minutes | |
OKI | Outpatient Kenacort injection |
See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.
Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:
Lvl | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. See Code System for further information. |
Source | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere) |
Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract') |
Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application |
Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept |
Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code |