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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="2021-03-11T17:06:20.662+11:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </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">arrived
            
            
            <a name="encounter-status-arrived"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Arrived</td> 
          
          
          <td> The Patient is present for the encounter, however is not currently meeting with a practitioner.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">triaged
            
            
            <a name="encounter-status-triaged"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Triaged</td> 
          
          
          <td> The patient has been assessed for the priority of their treatment based on the severity
             of their condition.</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">onleave
            
            
            <a name="encounter-status-onleave"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> On Leave</td> 
          
          
          <td> The Encounter has begun, but the patient is temporarily on leave.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">finished
            
            
            <a name="encounter-status-finished"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Finished</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:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.247"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.1.0"/> 
  <name value="EncounterStatus"/> 
  <title value="EncounterStatus"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2021-01-17T07:06:13+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="arrived"/> 
    <display value="Arrived"/> 
    <definition value="The Patient is present for the encounter, however is not currently meeting with a practitioner."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="triaged"/> 
    <display value="Triaged"/> 
    <definition value="The patient has been assessed for the priority of their treatment based on the severity
     of their condition."/> 
  </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="onleave"/> 
    <display value="On Leave"/> 
    <definition value="The Encounter has begun, but the patient is temporarily on leave."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="finished"/> 
    <display value="Finished"/> 
    <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.