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Codesystem-permitted-data-type.xml

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

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

Definition for Code System ObservationDataType

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="permitted-data-type"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2021-04-15T13:25:09.461+11:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      
      
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/permitted-data-type 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">Quantity
            
            
            <a name="permitted-data-type-Quantity"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Quantity</td> 
          
          
          <td> A measured amount.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">CodeableConcept
            
            
            <a name="permitted-data-type-CodeableConcept"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> CodeableConcept</td> 
          
          
          <td> A coded concept from a reference terminology and/or text.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">string
            
            
            <a name="permitted-data-type-string"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> string</td> 
          
          
          <td> A sequence of Unicode characters.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">boolean
            
            
            <a name="permitted-data-type-boolean"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> boolean</td> 
          
          
          <td> true or false.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">integer
            
            
            <a name="permitted-data-type-integer"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> integer</td> 
          
          
          <td> A signed integer.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Range
            
            
            <a name="permitted-data-type-Range"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Range</td> 
          
          
          <td> A set of values bounded by low and high.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Ratio
            
            
            <a name="permitted-data-type-Ratio"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Ratio</td> 
          
          
          <td> A ratio of two Quantity values - a numerator and a denominator.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">SampledData
            
            
            <a name="permitted-data-type-SampledData"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> SampledData</td> 
          
          
          <td> A series of measurements taken by a device.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">time
            
            
            <a name="permitted-data-type-time"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> time</td> 
          
          
          <td> A time during the day, in the format hh:mm:ss.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">dateTime
            
            
            <a name="permitted-data-type-dateTime"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> dateTime</td> 
          
          
          <td> A date, date-time or partial date (e.g. just year or year + month) as used in human communication.</td> 
        
        
        </tr> 
        
        
        <tr> 
          
          
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">Period
            
            
            <a name="permitted-data-type-Period"> </a> 
          
          
          </td> 
          
          
          <td> Period</td> 
          
          
          <td> A time range defined by start and end date/time.</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="1"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/permitted-data-type"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1332"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.6.0"/> 
  <name value="ObservationDataType"/> 
  <title value="ObservationDataType"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+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="Permitted data type for observation value."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/permitted-data-type"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Quantity"/> 
    <display value="Quantity"/> 
    <definition value="A measured amount."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="CodeableConcept"/> 
    <display value="CodeableConcept"/> 
    <definition value="A coded concept from a reference terminology and/or text."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="string"/> 
    <display value="string"/> 
    <definition value="A sequence of Unicode characters."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="boolean"/> 
    <display value="boolean"/> 
    <definition value="true or false."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="integer"/> 
    <display value="integer"/> 
    <definition value="A signed integer."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Range"/> 
    <display value="Range"/> 
    <definition value="A set of values bounded by low and high."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Ratio"/> 
    <display value="Ratio"/> 
    <definition value="A ratio of two Quantity values - a numerator and a denominator."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="SampledData"/> 
    <display value="SampledData"/> 
    <definition value="A series of measurements taken by a device."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="time"/> 
    <display value="time"/> 
    <definition value="A time during the day, in the format hh:mm:ss."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="dateTime"/> 
    <display value="dateTime"/> 
    <definition value="A date, date-time or partial date (e.g. just year or year + month) as used in human communication."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="Period"/> 
    <display value="Period"/> 
    <definition value="A time range defined by start and end date/time."/> 
  </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.