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Codesystem-encounter-status.xml

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Definition for Code System EncounterStatus

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="encounter-status"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-12-31T21:03:40.621+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> EncounterStatus</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> Current state of the encounter.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-status defines the following codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">planned
            <a name="encounter-status-planned"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Planned</td> 
          <td> The Encounter has not yet started.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">in-progress
            <a name="encounter-status-in-progress"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> In Progress</td> 
          <td> The Encounter has begun and the patient is present / the practitioner and the patient
             are meeting.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">onhold
            <a name="encounter-status-onhold"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> On Hold</td> 
          <td> The Encounter has begun, but is currently on hold, e.g. because the patient is temporarily
             on leave.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">completed
            <a name="encounter-status-completed"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Completed</td> 
          <td> The Encounter has ended.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">cancelled
            <a name="encounter-status-cancelled"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Cancelled</td> 
          <td> The Encounter has ended before it has begun.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">entered-in-error
            <a name="encounter-status-entered-in-error"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Entered in Error</td> 
          <td> This instance should not have been part of this patient's medical record.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">unknown
            <a name="encounter-status-unknown"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Unknown</td> 
          <td> The encounter status is unknown. Note that &quot;unknown&quot; is a value of last resort
             and every attempt should be made to provide a meaningful value other than &quot;unknown&quot;.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="pa"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="trial-use"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="2"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/encounter-status"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.247"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.2.0"/> 
  <name value="EncounterStatus"/> 
  <title value="EncounterStatus"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2019-12-31T21:03:40+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Current state of the encounter."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/encounter-status"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="planned"/> 
    <display value="Planned"/> 
    <definition value="The Encounter has not yet started."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="in-progress"/> 
    <display value="In Progress"/> 
    <definition value="The Encounter has begun and the patient is present / the practitioner and the patient
     are meeting."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="onhold"/> 
    <display value="On Hold"/> 
    <definition value="The Encounter has begun, but is currently on hold, e.g. because the patient is temporarily
     on leave."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="completed"/> 
    <display value="Completed"/> 
    <definition value="The Encounter has ended."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="cancelled"/> 
    <display value="Cancelled"/> 
    <definition value="The Encounter has ended before it has begun."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="entered-in-error"/> 
    <display value="Entered in Error"/> 
    <definition value="This instance should not have been part of this patient's medical record."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="unknown"/> 
    <display value="Unknown"/> 
    <definition value="The encounter status is unknown. Note that &quot;unknown&quot; is a value of last resort
     and every attempt should be made to provide a meaningful value other than &quot;unknown&quot;."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

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.