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FHIR Infrastructure Work Group | Maturity Level: 5 | Trial Use | Use Context: Any |
This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.
Summary
Defining URL: | http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units |
Version: | 4.1.0 |
Name: | CommonUCUMCodesForDistance |
Title: | Common UCUM Codes for Distance |
Definition: | Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes common UCUM codes for units of distance |
Committee: | FHIR Infrastructure Work Group |
OID: | 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62 (for OID based terminology systems) |
Copyright: | The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved. |
Source Resource | XML / JSON |
This value set is used in the following places:
http://unitsofmeasure.org
Code | Display |
nm | nanometers |
um | micrometers |
mm | millimeters |
m | meters |
km | kilometers |
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. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - 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 |