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Codesystem-specimen-status.xml

Orders and Observations Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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

Definition for Code System SpecimenStatus

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="specimen-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> SpecimenStatus</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> Codes providing the status/availability of a specimen.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/specimen-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">available
            <a name="specimen-status-available"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Available</td> 
          <td> The physical specimen is present and in good condition.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">unavailable
            <a name="specimen-status-unavailable"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Unavailable</td> 
          <td> There is no physical specimen because it is either lost, destroyed or consumed.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">unsatisfactory
            <a name="specimen-status-unsatisfactory"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Unsatisfactory</td> 
          <td> The specimen cannot be used because of a quality issue such as a broken container, contamination,
             or too old.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">entered-in-error
            <a name="specimen-status-entered-in-error"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Entered in Error</td> 
          <td> The specimen was entered in error and therefore nullified.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="oo"/> 
  </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/specimen-status"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.472"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.2.0"/> 
  <name value="SpecimenStatus"/> 
  <title value="SpecimenStatus"/> 
  <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="Codes providing the status/availability of a specimen."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/specimen-status"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="available"/> 
    <display value="Available"/> 
    <definition value="The physical specimen is present and in good condition."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="unavailable"/> 
    <display value="Unavailable"/> 
    <definition value="There is no physical specimen because it is either lost, destroyed or consumed."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="unsatisfactory"/> 
    <display value="Unsatisfactory"/> 
    <definition value="The specimen cannot be used because of a quality issue such as a broken container, contamination,
     or too old."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="entered-in-error"/> 
    <display value="Entered in Error"/> 
    <definition value="The specimen was entered in error and therefore nullified."/> 
  </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.