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4.4.1.35 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/certainty-rating

Clinical Decision Support Work Group Maturity Level: 1Trial Use Use Context: Any

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/certainty-rating
Version:4.6.0
Name:EvidenceCertaintyRating
Title:EvidenceCertaintyRating
Definition:

The assessment of quality, confidence, or certainty.

Committee:Clinical Decision Support Work Group
OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.1414 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source ResourceXML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.35.1 Content Logical Definition

 

4.4.1.35.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 15 Apr 2021

This value set contains 16 concepts

Expansion based on EvidenceCertaintyRating v4.6.0 (CodeSystem)

All codes from system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/certainty-rating

CodeDisplayDefinition
highHigh qualityHigh quality evidence.
moderateModerate qualityModerate quality evidence.
lowLow qualityLow quality evidence.
very-lowVery low qualityVery low quality evidence.
no-concernno serious concernno serious concern.
serious-concernserious concernserious concern.
very-serious-concernvery serious concernvery serious concern.
extremely-serious-concernextremely serious concernextremely serious concern.
presentpresentpossible reason for increasing quality rating was checked and found to be present.
absentabsentpossible reason for increasing quality rating was checked and found to be absent.
no-changeno change to ratingno change to quality rating.
downcode1reduce rating: -1reduce quality rating by 1.
downcode2reduce rating: -2reduce quality rating by 2.
downcode3reduce rating: -3reduce quality rating by 3.
upcode1increase rating: +1increase quality rating by 1.
upcode2increase rating: +2increase quality rating by 2.

 

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