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1.14.2.1.257 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/substance-type

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Type of the substance

Formal definitions: XML or JSON.

1.14.2.1.257.1 Substance Type

This value sets refers to a substance type

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 105590001
Include codes from http://snomed.info/sct where concept is-a 373873005

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:

Substance.type (Example)

The OID for the value set is 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.257 (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.