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1.14.2.1.188 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/encounter-reason

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Reason why the encounter takes place

Formal definitions: XML or JSON.

1.14.2.1.188.1 Encounter Reason Codes

This examples value set defines the set of codes that can be used to indicate reasons for an encounter

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

Include codes from http://snomed.info/sct where concept is-a 404684003
Include codes from http://snomed.info/sct where concept is-a 71388002

This value set could not be expanded by the publication tooling: Too many codes to display (>10000)

These codes are used in the following places:

Encounter.reason (Example)

The OID for the value set is 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.188 (OIDs are not used in FHIR, but may be used in v3, or OID based terminology systems).

See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.