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Codesystem-practitioner-role.xml

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

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Definition for Code System PractitionerRole

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="practitioner-role"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-12-31T21:03:40.621+11:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> Practitioner role</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the role of
           a Practitioner.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> 
        <b> Copyright Statement:</b>  This resource includes content from SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) which is copyright
         of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO). Implementers
         of these specifications must have the appropriate SNOMED CT Affiliate license - for more
         information contact http://www.snomed.org/snomed-ct/get-snomed-ct or info@snomed.org
      </p> 
      <p> This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/practitioner-role 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">doctor
            <a name="practitioner-role-doctor"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Doctor</td> 
          <td> A qualified/registered medical practitioner</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">nurse
            <a name="practitioner-role-nurse"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Nurse</td> 
          <td> A practitioner with nursing experience that may be qualified/registered</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">pharmacist
            <a name="practitioner-role-pharmacist"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Pharmacist</td> 
          <td> A qualified/registered/licensed pharmacist</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">researcher
            <a name="practitioner-role-researcher"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Researcher</td> 
          <td> A practitioner that may perform research</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">teacher
            <a name="practitioner-role-teacher"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Teacher/educator</td> 
          <td> Someone who is able to provide educational services</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">ict
            <a name="practitioner-role-ict"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> ICT professional</td> 
          <td> Someone who is qualified in Information and Communication Technologies</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="draft"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/practitioner-role"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1132"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.2.0"/> 
  <name value="PractitionerRole"/> 
  <title value="Practitioner role"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <publisher value="FHIR Project team"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="This example value set defines a set of codes that can be used to indicate the role of
   a Practitioner."/> 
  <copyright value="This resource includes content from SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) which is copyright
   of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO). Implementers
   of these specifications must have the appropriate SNOMED CT Affiliate license - for more
   information contact http://www.snomed.org/snomed-ct/get-snomed-ct or info@snomed.org"/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="doctor"/> 
    <display value="Doctor"/> 
    <definition value="A qualified/registered medical practitioner"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="nurse"/> 
    <display value="Nurse"/> 
    <definition value="A practitioner with nursing experience that may be qualified/registered"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="pharmacist"/> 
    <display value="Pharmacist"/> 
    <definition value="A qualified/registered/licensed pharmacist"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="researcher"/> 
    <display value="Researcher"/> 
    <definition value="A practitioner that may perform research"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="teacher"/> 
    <display value="Teacher/educator"/> 
    <definition value="Someone who is able to provide educational services"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="ict"/> 
    <display value="ICT professional"/> 
    <definition value="Someone who is qualified in Information and Communication Technologies"/> 
  </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.