1.14.2.1.19 Value Set for codes in http://hl7.org/fhir/imaging-modality

1.14.2.1.19.1 ImagingModality

Type of acquired image data in the instance

Copyright Statement: These codes are excerpted from Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Standard, Part 16: Content Mapping Resource, Copyright 2011 by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association

This value set includes codes defined in other code systems, using the following rules:

• Include these codes as defined in http://nema.org/dicom/dcid

  Code	Display	Definition	Comments
  AR	Autorefraction	Autorefraction device
  BMD	Bone Mineral Densitometry	Bone Mineral Densitometry by X-Ray (modality), including dual-energy X-Ray absorptiometry (DXA) and morphometric X-Ray absorptiometry (MXA)
  BDUS	Ultrasound Bone Densitometry	Ultrasound Bone Densitometry (modality)
  EPS	Cardiac Electrophysiology	Cardiac Electrophysiology device
  CR	Computed Radiography	Computed Radiography device
  CT	Computed Tomography	Computed Tomography device
  DX	Digital Radiography	Digital Radiography device
  ECG	Electrocardiography	Electrocardiography device
  ES	Endoscopy	Endoscopy device
  XC	External-camera Photography	External-camera Photography device	Note: Use this for general photography
  GM	General Microscopy	General Microscopy device
  HD	Hemodynamic Waveform	Hemodynamic Waveform acquisition device
  IO	Intra-oral Radiography	Intra-oral Radiography device
  IVOCT	Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography	Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography device
  IVUS	Intravascular Ultrasound	Intravascular Ultrasound device
  KER	Keratometry	Keratometry device
  LEN	Lensometry	Lensometry device
  MR	Magnetic Resonance	Magnetic Resonance device
  MG	Mammography	Mammography device
  NM	Nuclear Medicine	Nuclear Medicine device
  OAM	Ophthalmic Axial Measurements	Measurements of the axial length of the eye which are done by various devices
  OCT	Optical Coherence Tomography	Modality device that uses an interferometric, non-invasive optical tomographic technique to image 2D slices and 3D volumes of tissue using visible and near visible frequencies.
  OPM	Ophthalmic Mapping	Modality device that measures corneal topography, corneal or retinal thickness, and other similar parameters that are typically displayed as maps.
  OP	Ophthalmic photography	Ophthalmic photography modality
  OPR	Ophthalmic Refraction	Modality device that measures the refractive characteristics of the eye.
  OPT	Ophthalmic Tomography	Tomography of the eye acquired by a modality that is based on light and optical principles. Tomography based on other principles, such as ultrasound, is excluded.
  OPV	Ophthalmic Visual Field	Modality device that measures visual fields and perform visual perimetry.
  PX	Panoramic X-Ray	Panoramic X-Ray device
  PT	Positron emission tomography	Positron emission tomography (PET) device
  RF	Radiofluoroscopy	Radiofluoroscopy device
  RG	Radiographic imaging	Radiographic imaging (conventional film/screen)
  SM	Slide Microscopy	Slide Microscopy
  SRF	Subjective Refraction	Subjective Refraction device
  US	Ultrasound	Ultrasound device
  VA	Visual Acuity	Visual Acuity device
  XA	X-Ray Angiography	X-Ray Angiography device