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1.14.2.1.264 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/specimen-container-type

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Type of specimen container

Formal definitions: XML or JSON.

1.14.2.1.264.1 SpecimenContainer

Containers which may hold specimens or specimen containers - all SNOMED CT specimen containers

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 434711009

This value set could not be expanded by the publication tooling: null

These codes are used in the following places:

Specimen.container.type (Example)

The OID for the value set is 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.264 (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.